141,000 CHF
James C. Pellaton, made for Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, No. 123232, case No. 647864, circa 1940.Exceptionally fine and important 18K gold, keyless, one-minute tourbillon regulator pocket chronometer, with original leather fitted box. Four-body, "bassine", solid, polished, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes The watch with tourbillon carriage was an ultimate in precision timekeeping. During the 1920's and 1930's James Casar Pellaton was the most esteemed maker of tourbillon carriages, which he supplied to the most prestigious companies including Patek Philippe and, as this lot demonstrates, Ulysse Nardin.This watch is described and illustrated in "Le Tourbillon" by Reinhard Meis, les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1990,p. 165.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11
