270,250 CHF
A Monsieur L. H.Dulles Chronometer No. 3357, completed on 28 October 1946,sold on 25 November 1959 for the sum of 900'000 Old Francs. Two colour gold keyless watch with one minute tourbillon . Original red leather fitted case. Notes Literature: Reinhard Meis, Das Tourbillon, Munich, 1986, pp. 45,46,col. pl. 214, 215. Note: The tourbillon carriage is based on the design produced at the Ecole d'Horlogerie in Le Sentier in 1930 (op.cit.p.45). Apparently either four or five such watches were completed by Fritz Robert Charrue to the order of Breguet, Paris. Fritz Robert-Charrue, born in 1908, was undoubtedly one of the finest watchmakers of his age. Apprenticed to James Pellaton, he later succeeded him as teacher and Director at the Technicum in Le Locle. He is remembered as the creator of the smallest pocket watch "tourbillon" ever made.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1991-04-14
