531,000 HKD
“Art Deco Diamonds” Léon Hatot, No. 88704. Made in the 1920s. Very fine and rare, Art Deco rectangular, platinum and diamond-set lady's wristwatch with cord bracelet and platinum and diamond-set slides. Two-body, rectangular, engraved band, the body and articulated shoulders set with 66 round and square-cut diamonds, single hinged lugs set with a further 8 square-cut diamonds, winding crown set with a rose-cut diamond. Matte silver with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel “Alpha” hands. 21 x 9 mm., rhodium-plated, “fausses cotes” decoration, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Case stamped L.H. Dim. 37 x 11 mm. Thickness 6 mm. Notes Leon Hatot Watchmaker, jeweler, goldsmith, inventor, he was born in Chatillon sur Seine in 1883. He made movements for all the top Parisian firms, including Van Cleef, Boucheron and Mauboussin. He made electric clocks under the name of ATO, invented the "Rolls" selfwinding movement licensed to Blancpain, and took over the famous business of Paul Garnier. Hatot died in 1953. At the outbreak of World War II, the firm closed its jewelry business, and the remaining stock was kept in a bank vault until it was sold at auction.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-11-25
