21,240 CHF
“Grande Sonnerie Repetition à Quarts” D. L. Golay, au Sentier, No. 5096. Sold to Monsieur Ernest Baudry of Lille, on December 30, 1878, for 1571 Francs. Very fine and very rare, large, heavy, trip quarter repeating, two-train, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless clockwatch with grande and petite sonnerie striking and tandem winding. Accompanied by the original box, receipt from D.L. Golay and a rare autograph letter from D.L. Golay discussing the merits of this watch. Four-body, "bassine et filet", solid, polished, slides for strike/silent and Grande/Petite sonnerie selection on the band. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with a monogram and the technical details. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "spade" hands. Cal. 20’’’, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, two-train, tandem winding, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, striking and repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by a trip-slide on the band. Case punched with initials “M.F”. Diam. 55 mm. Notes The present watch remarkably still retains the original receipt from D.L. Golay and a particularly interesting letter from Golay infoming the buyer, Monsieur Baudry, that the watch was given his personal attention and that he feels it would be worthy of observatory testing. The delivery of the watch and engraving of the monogram on
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14
