113,500 CHF
Tavernier à Paris, circa 1765. Very fine and unusual astronomical 20 ct. gold, diamond-set, double-face dumb and à tact quarter repeating, mnemonic and manual perpetual calendar watch with year indication. 37.2 mm o, hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm steel balace, continental cock, repeating by depressing the pendant.Signed on the edge of the dial plate and the dial.Diam. 48 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, page 144-145. Notes The indications for the month and its duration, the date, the days of the week, and the four divisions of the day all progress mechanically. The year must be changed manually. The calendar mechanism is run directly from the fusee. The main advantage of this is that the power used for driving the calendar is almost insignificant and does not influence the performance. However, a click wheel on the fusee ensures that the calendar will not be affected when the watch is wound.Tavernier Jean-Pierre (d. aft. 1804)Father of Louis and Pierre-Benjamin. Received as Master on 1 March 1746, established rue de Bussy. He was particularly renowned for his watches, but also sold clocks, using cases by B. Lieutaud and F. Rémond. Among his clients was the duc de Caylus. After Jean-Pierre's death, his activity was continued by his son Louis.'Les Ouvriers du Temps', Jean-Dominique Augarde, Editions Antiquorum, Genève, 1996.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
