Lot 442

Papon à Bordeaux, Movement No. 17112, Case No. 11743, 52 mm, 161 g, circa 1877
A very fine, rare hunting case pocket watch with one-minute tourbillon
Case: 18k gold, engine-turned, à goutte, engraved gold dome: "Papon à Bordeaux, Chronomètre, Echappement tourbillon à Ressort et Bascule. Repos. Levée & douze Trous en rubis. Balancier compensateur, Spiral Breguet", case maker's punch mark "DG", reeded band. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, filigree gold flower hands with set diamonds, seconds hand shaped as feathered arrow. Movm.: German silver, optionally key winding or crown winding, signed, stripe-decorated, barrel, anti-galop system, finest mirror polished tourbillon steel cage of "Guinard 2" type, pink gold train, screwed gold chatons, wolfteeth winding wheels, pivoted detent escapement, gold screw compensation balance, blued Breguet balance spring.

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