104,700 CHF
James C. Pellaton, Le Locle (Swiss), No. 8592, specially made for Ernest Liniger in 1947. Extremely fine 18K gold small keyless marine chronometer with one minute tourbillon regulator. Bulletin de Marche from the Observatoire Astrononzique et Chronouaetrique de Neuchatel dated March 1st, 1949. White enamel with Breguet numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes Timing Contest : - Mean average daily rate +/- 0,11 - Error of compensation +/- 0,04 - Mean error of positions +/- 0,45 - Restart period +/- 0,08 Similar Chronometer described and illustrated by Alfred Chapuis in (frauds Artisans de la C/nrnonuu/rie, /-/istoire de 171oilogerie au Lode, edition du Griffon, Neuchatel, 1955, pp. 221-224 and Fig. 148-149. Ernest Liniger Very able maker, was the first precision Omer in the workshop of Jaeger LeCoultre before being the owner of Grotendieck in Brussels towards 1945-1946. He was a friend of James Pellaton who also made him an ext remely line exhibition model of the Benoit tourbillon constant force escapement (see lot No. 824)..
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-04-12
