7,670 CHF
“Minute Repeater” Felipe Hecht, Genève, Succr. De J. Rossel Fils, No. 99683. Made circa 1900. Very fine, 18K gold, minute-repeating, keyless, hunting-cased pocket watch with a gold fancy-link chain and fob made from three gold coins. Four-body, “pomme et gouge”, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel “spade” hands. 19’’’, frosted gilt, 29 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, straightline lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 55 mm. Notes Felipe Hecht Jean Samuel Rossel, the son-in law of Jean François Bautte, formed a partnership called "Jean François Bautte & Cie." to perpetuate the founder's vision. By 1883, Jean Samuel's son Jacques had become the sole owner of the company, then called "J. Rossel Fils". After his death in 1887, he was succeeded by Felipe Hecht and later his son Juan. In 1906, Juan Hecht turned over all his interests in the company to his friend and relative Constant Girard-Gallet, the owner of Girard-Perregaux & Cie.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
