138,000 CHF
“Guinand Type 2 – Tourbillon” Ulysse Breting, Le Locle, No. 16782. Made for Victor Siegfried, Strasbourg, circa 1865. Very fine and very rare, 18K gold pocket watch with one-minute tourbillion regulator and pivoted detent chronometer escapement by Ernest Guinand – Type 2. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished curved bezel, reeded band, engine-turned back cover with polished border, the inside inscribed: Rudolf Filzwieser, Wien, with an engraved basket of flowers, massive bow, hand-setting slide in the band. Glazed gold rimmed cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds. Gold and rose diamond set “Ulysse Breting” type hands. 20’’’, nickel plated, "fausses côtes" and triangular decoration, wolf’s-tooth winding wheels, gold wheel train, Guinand 2 type carriage (Meis classification) with pivoted detent chronometer escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, Breguet blued steel balance spring with perpendicular stud for preventing excessive amplitudes, index regulator with gold scale plate, the entire train jeweled. Dial and movement signed by the retailer. Front-plate signed by the maker, case and movement punched with the same number. Diam. 55 mm. Notes Ernest Guinand (c. 1810-1879). Guinand was an important Master Horologist from Le Locle, who, along with Auguste Grether from Ponts-de-Martel (1817-1879), specialized in the production of tourbillon carriages. According to the records of the Neu
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-10-16
