18,290 CHF
Platinum “Thin Minute-Repeater” H. R. Ekegrén, Geneva, No. 78948. Made by Ed. Koehn for J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, circa 1915. Very fine and rare, thin, platinum, keyless minute-repeating dress watch. Three-body, “bassine”, polished, with flat monogrammed back. Matte silver, painted dauphine numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Black "Breguet" hands. 38 mm. (17’’’), rhodium-plated, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Notes Henri-Robert Ekegrén, (1823-1896) the son of Daniel Ekegrén, a Swedish watchmaker, he worked for Jules Jürgensen in in Le Locle, Winnerl in Paris, and Henri Golay in Geneva, where he arrived in 1847. In 1857 he formed a partnership with Ferdinand Westermann. At the 1867 Exhibition, he displayed thirty-six watches, winning a gold medal. Subsequent exhibitions - Vienna in 1873, Paris in 1875, Philadelphia in 1876, Paris again in 1878, and Zurich in 1883 - brought him and his collaborator Louis Chevalier further honors and recognition. The company of H.R. Ekegren continued after his death.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14
