Henri Majewski

Henri Majewski, Genève, No. 341, with Bulletin de Marche dated 22 May, 1877. Very fine and possibly unique, 18K gold hunting-cased keyless astronomical perpetual calendar pocket chronometer with phases of the moon in original leather fitted box, accompanied by a gold setting pin, original certificate and Majewski’s hand-written setting instructions, probably destined for the 1878 Paris Universal Exhibition. Four-body, “bassine et filets”, polished with monogrammed front, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, three subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, date and months, phases of the moon aperture with moon’s age at 12 o’clock. Blued steel “spade” hands. 43 mm. (19’’’), frosted gilt, 20 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws and Breguet balance spring, wolf-tooth winding wheels, lever-set with mechanism disengaging the setting by closing the front cover, unusual construction of the calendar mechanism set directly on the front plate, annual calendar wheel is divided into 48 notches. Signed on the case and the box. Diam. 54 mm. Notes An interesting watch by a former Patek Philippe worker. Interestingly, the watch has a dial design used by Patek Philippe for their best adjusted triple-complicated watch (see lot 133). Henri Majewski, whose father was also named Henri, was born in Lwów, Poland. In the 1830’s he left for Switzerland, where he w