96th Auction
2017/11/18
Lot 592
Fureur & Cie, "TOURBILLON", Geneva, Case No. 114418, 53 mm, 109 g, circa 1905
Swiss pocket watch with one-minute tourbillon according Fallet's patent no. 34394
Case: iron, gun-metal finished, window for tourbillon. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, screw compensation balance.
The patent for this type of watch was submitted by Louis and Edouard Fallet Fils of St. Imier in 1905 and was issued the number 34394. By placing the tourbillon on a central arbor, Edouard Fallet avoided infringing the Swiss patent no. 30754 the French maker Paul Loichot of Charquemont (Doubs) had received on June 6, 1904; the fact that the cage was visible on the dial side was part of Loichot’s claim element. A watch that is identical except for the signature on the dial is illustrated in Reinhard Meis‘ "Das Tourbillon" on page 313.
Swiss pocket watch with one-minute tourbillon according Fallet's patent no. 34394
Case: iron, gun-metal finished, window for tourbillon. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, screw compensation balance.
The patent for this type of watch was submitted by Louis and Edouard Fallet Fils of St. Imier in 1905 and was issued the number 34394. By placing the tourbillon on a central arbor, Edouard Fallet avoided infringing the Swiss patent no. 30754 the French maker Paul Loichot of Charquemont (Doubs) had received on June 6, 1904; the fact that the cage was visible on the dial side was part of Loichot’s claim element. A watch that is identical except for the signature on the dial is illustrated in Reinhard Meis‘ "Das Tourbillon" on page 313.
Sold
estimated
2.000—3.500 €
Price realized
2.500 €