179,500 CHF
Parmigiani Fleurier, "Ionica - Répétition Minute", Unique Piece No 4563. Produced in 2000. Extremely fine and rare, minute-repeating, tonneau-shaped, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with visible striking hammers on the case back and a platinum Parmigiani buckle and certificate. three-body, solid, polished, geometrical decoration in red and black enamel on the case back with apertures showing the two repeater hammers striking the gongs, stepped and ribbed bezel, scrolled lugs, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown. "guilloché" white with applied white gold Breguet numerals, auxiliary "guilloché" second dial, "Javelin" burnished steel hands. Notes What is a Minute Repeater? A minute repeating watch tells the time both visually and audibly. A slide on the side of the case, usually near the #9, will activate two hammers in the movement. These hammers strike two gongs curled within the case. First one hammer strikes a gong of lower tonality; it will count out the hours. Then both hammers will strike both gongs alternatively to count out the quarter hours after that hour, and then the second hammer alone striking a gong of higher tonality will count out the minutes aft r that quarter hour. The repeating mechanism was developed by Daniel Quare. In 1687, he had patented a mechanism that sounded the hours and the quarter hours. The early repeaters used bells. At the end of the 18th century, two bent-wire gings became the more popular mechanism. In 1892, the first minute r
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-14
