11,800 CHF
"Grande & Petite Sonnerie Clockwatch" James Nardin, Locle, No. 9177, case No. 16286 by Enf. Tissot Fils. Made circa 1860. Very fine and very rare, large, grande & petite sonnerie striking, quarter-repeating, two-train, 18K gold, hunting-cased pocket watch. Four-body, heavy, "bassine et filets", engine-turned covers with polished borders, reeded band with bolts for grande/petite sonerie, strike/silent and for locking the repeat button. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Notes James Nardin (James Nardin-Perret) Born in 1814, he was a first cousin of Ulysse Nardin. He worked in La Chaux-de-Fonds under the name of James Nardin-Perret, Perret being his wife's name. He was granted a U.S. patent (No. 93,735) in 1869 for a self-winding watch, deposited a marine chronometer at the Neuchatel Observatory in 1873, and the company won a Gold Medal for horology at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1878. His son, also called James Nardin, continued the business after his father's death in 1885.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14
