95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 385
Joseph Auricoste, Horloger de la Marine, 10 Rue la Boétie, Paris, 80 x 45 x 118 mm, circa 1860
A remarkable, rare chronometer with auxiliary minutes and central seconds for ballistical or nautical measurements
Case: mahogany. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, pivoted detent escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
The company Auricoste was established in 1854 by Émile Thomas; Joseph Auricoste took it over in 1889. The company participated in a great number of exhibitions and after World War II they developed electric time systems for the French navy together with Patek Philippe. Auricoste still exists and produces wristwatches.
A remarkable, rare chronometer with auxiliary minutes and central seconds for ballistical or nautical measurements
Case: mahogany. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, pivoted detent escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
The company Auricoste was established in 1854 by Émile Thomas; Joseph Auricoste took it over in 1889. The company participated in a great number of exhibitions and after World War II they developed electric time systems for the French navy together with Patek Philippe. Auricoste still exists and produces wristwatches.
Sold
estimated
2.700—4.000 €
Price realized
2.500 €