366,000 CHF
Attributed to Victorin Piguet, Grande & Petite Sonnerie Tourbillon Clockwatch Attributed to Victorin Piguet, Swiss, No. 55814, the tourbillon carriage by Albert Pellaton-Favre. Made for Tchétounoff Frères, Moscow, circa 1900. Exceptionally rare and very important, 18K yellow gold, keyless two-train grande and petite sonnerie clockwatch with trip minuterepeating and one-minute tourbillon. Three-body, solid, bassine, polished, glazed on both sides, switch bolt at 3 for grande/ petite sonnerie selection and at 10 for strike/ silent. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel spade hands. Notes Tourbillon regulators fitted to clockwatch movements are exceptionally rare, only a very few highly important watches such as the Patek Philippe Caliber 89 have these complications together. Another watch by Patek Philippe with a Victorin Piguet ebauche with trip minute-repeating and tourbillon which is very similar to the present watch is the famous "Packard" watch, ordered from Patek Philippe by James Ward Packard, the automobile manufacturer. R. Meiss confirms that he movement was made by Victorin Piguet and the carriage by James Pellaton see "Le Tourbillon", p. 177. Also attributable to Victorin Piguet, the present watch incorporates a grande et petite sonnerie clockwatch and minute repeating. It implements Henri Golay's 1859 invention for striking watches with a minute-repeating mechanism, and in addition employs the ta
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-05-08
