4,025 CHF
Not signed (Paul Loichot), Charquemont (France), No. 1017, circa 1906. Fine "Argentan" keyless Art-Nouveau watch with one minute tourbillon regulator patented on 11 June 1904, Swiss patent No. 30754. Three piece "bassine et filets", decorated with flowers and foliage in the typical Art- Nouveau style. Eccentric white enamel with Roman numerals with a floral decoration. Aperture below the dial disclosing the escapement mounted on the tourbillon carriage. GiIt brass " Louis XV" hands. 20-, gilt brass, inverted, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. The escapement is mounted on a tourbillon carriage revolving once per minute. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm. Notes Similar watches are described and illustrated by R. Meis in Das Tourbillon" pp. 306-310. The patent is explained in the same book, p. 67.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1994-10-15
