26,450 CHF
Perrin Frères, Neuchâtel, circa 1810. Very fine and rare 18K gold quarter-repeating self-winding watch. Three-body, polished with engine-turned back and reeded bezel. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Gilt brass full plate with cylinder pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance-spring, rack and pinion regulator with small silver plate, shaped platinum winding weight oscillating between two spring bumpers. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 58.5 m. Notes The movement of this watch is almost identical to the one in the museum of the Ecole d'horlogerie in Le Locle (Switzerland), illustrated by A. Chapuis and E. Jaquet in "La montre automatique ancienne", Neuchâtel, 1952, fig. 106, p. 106.This watch is published in the Ruscitti book, as no. 43.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-04-12
