20,400 CHF
Carillon Minute-Repeater L(oui)s Audemars, Brassus-Genève, No. 12611, the movement by Louis Brandt Frères. Made for the Russian market, circa 1885. Very fine and very rare, large, 14K pink gold, hunting-cased, keyless, carillon minute-repeating with three hammers on three gongs, pocket watch. Four-body, "bassine", polished, the front cover with an applied silver monogram. Hinged gold cuvette, glazed gold-rimmed cover over the movement. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with outermost Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. Notes The case is stamped “56” for 56 Zolotniks, along with the 14K (0.583) mark, suggesting that it was made for the Russian market. Louis Audemars (1782-1833) Born in La Vallée de Joux, at 16 Louis Audemars was apprenticed to Philippe Meylan and soon established his reputation for the fine workmanship of his movements. All eight of Audemar's sons continued in the family firm, making finished movements, and around 1837 inventing the keyless winding / setting system known today as the Audemars system. In 1848 Audemars began producing complete watches. The company became recognized as one of the best, furnishing the major Swiss and French manufacturers such as Le Roy, Patek Philippe, and Vacheron Constantin, with highly complicated watches and movements.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-29
