$48,300
Girard-Perregaux, Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 38165, carriage by Ernest Guinand, case by C. Loup, circa 1875.Exceptionally fine and rare, 18K gold hunting-cased pocket chronometer with "three parallel bridge" movement and one-minute tourbillon regulator. three-piece, "empire", engine turned, reeded band, covers inside elaborately engine turned in wavy patterns, gold hinged cuvette. white enamel, by Porret (signed G.P. on reverse), Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic figures, subsidiary sunk seconds at 6 o’clock. "Spade" blued steel hands. 45 mm (20’’’), nickel with patented three parallel bridges, pillar plate finely damascened on both sides, going barrel damascened in circular pattern, 19 jewels, top ones on goldettings, Guinand type 2 tourbillon with pivoted detent escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with amplitude safety device, gold going train including the stationary third wheel.Dial movement signed, case punched with casemaker’s trademark, numbered on the movement and case.Diam. 53 mm. Notes Constant Girard-Perregaux (1825-1903).In 1825, Constant Girard and his mother Numa founded the watch manufacturing firm of Girard & Cie in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Two years later, Constant Girard married Marie Perregaux, the daughter of a local watchmaker. In 1856, the name of the company was changed to Girard-Perregaux. Very technically minded and a perfectionist, he devised fine time-measurement instruments for
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-05-08