119,000 CHF
Astronomical Watch with Westminster Chimes Attributed to Edouard JeanRichard, Le Locle, No. 36891, circa 1925. Very fine and very rare 18K gold hunting-cased keyless astronomical minute-repeating carillon watch with Westminster chimes on four gongs, perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon, chronograph and 30-minute instantaneous register. Four-body, "bassine et filets", engine-turned, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with five-minute/seconds Arabic markers, four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, date, months of the four-year leap cycle concentric with minute register, and subsidiary seconds concentric with phases of the moon aperture. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes Edouard JeanRichard 1867-1944From a watchmaking family, Edouard JeanRichard was the son of Virgile and Adèle JeanRichard, and the brother of Achille JeanRichard. He was born in La Sagne on October 1867 and died in Le Locle on June 30, 1944. JeanRichard founded his watchmaking firm in 1915, having previously made ebauches for other companies. He specialized in musical carillon watches with multiple gongs and can be considered the 20th century master of the carillon watch. JeanRichard made a carillon watch with seven gongs playing the Swiss ational Anthem see Antiquorum April 13, 2003, lot 558.The company was listed in 1923, and the following year advertized chronographs, sports timers, ring watches, jewelry watches, women's wristwatches,
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-11-16
