7,475 CHF
Bourdin, rue de la Paix, Paris, No. 8703, circa 1860. Very fine 18K gold half-hunting cased early quarter repeating keyless pocket chronometer. Four body, massive "bassine et filets, polished with black champleve enamelled Roman numerals on the border of the dial aperture, the back engraved with the arms of the Duc de Savoie. Hinged gold cuvette pierced for the unusual gold regulator index and engraved with the name of the owner in 1901. White enamel with Roman numerals, Arabic minute ring and sunk offset subsidiary seconds, Gold "spade" hands. Notes Due to its serial number No. 4707, and the quality of the movement of this pocket chronometer which is also very similar to those produced by Louis Audemars at the same period, can be attributed to this eminent maker. Humbert, Ranieri Carlo Emanuel Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio, Duke of Savoy, later King of Italy (1844-1900) Son of Victor Emmanuel II and of Adelaide, archduchess of Austria, was born in Turin, capital of the kingdom of Sardinia on the 14th of March 1844. Entering the army on the 14 of March 1858 with the rank of Captain, he was present at the battle of Solferino in 1859 and in 1866 commanded a division at Custozza. On the first of April 1868 he married his cousin Margherita Teresa Giovanna, Princess of Savoy, daughter of the Duke of Genova . On the 11 November 1869, Margherita gave birth to Vicki Emmanuel, Prince of Naples, afterward Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Ascending the throne on the death of h Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-04-12
