74,400 CHF
Pellaton One-Minute Tourbillon James C. Pellaton for Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, No. 123232, case No. 647864. Made circa 1940. Exceptionally fine and important, 18K gold, keyless pocket chronometer with one-minute tourbillon regulator and Guillaume balance. Accompanied by the original leather fitted box. Four-body, "bassine", solid, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. hite enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes During the 1920's and 1930's James Casar Pellaton was the most esteemed maker of tourbillon carriages, which he supplied to the most prestigious companies, including Patek Philippe and, as this lot demonstrates, Ulysse Nardin. Literature: This watch is described and illustrated in: "Le Tourbillon", Reinhard Meis, les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1990, p. 165.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
