95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 499
Girard Perregaux, Chaux de Fonds, Case No. 32093, 50 mm, 101 g, circa 1860
A gentleman's extremely rare pocket watch - so called "Cabriolet" - wearable as a lepine or as hunting cased watch
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel chapter ring. Movm.: bridge movement, pink gold train, gold screw compensation balance.
The centre of the dial is decorated with an engraved silver emblem on matted gold ground. It shows two rampant lions flanking a shield. The shield itself is divided in four parts and has two towers and two rampant lions grouped around a tiny shield in the centre. Unfortunately we have no further information on what the emblem stands for - nevertheless it makes this watch a striking and remarkable collector’s piece.
The Swiss watchmaker Constantin Othenin Girard founded the company Girard & Cie. in 1852 in La Chaux-de Fonds. In 1956 he married Marie, the sister of renowned chronometer maker Henri Perregaux; in the same year Girard and his brother-in-law established the company Girard-Perregaux.
A gentleman's extremely rare pocket watch - so called "Cabriolet" - wearable as a lepine or as hunting cased watch
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel chapter ring. Movm.: bridge movement, pink gold train, gold screw compensation balance.
The centre of the dial is decorated with an engraved silver emblem on matted gold ground. It shows two rampant lions flanking a shield. The shield itself is divided in four parts and has two towers and two rampant lions grouped around a tiny shield in the centre. Unfortunately we have no further information on what the emblem stands for - nevertheless it makes this watch a striking and remarkable collector’s piece.
The Swiss watchmaker Constantin Othenin Girard founded the company Girard & Cie. in 1852 in La Chaux-de Fonds. In 1956 he married Marie, the sister of renowned chronometer maker Henri Perregaux; in the same year Girard and his brother-in-law established the company Girard-Perregaux.
estimated
5.500—7.500 €
Price realized
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