French 18K gold open faced double dialled lever watch Circa 1860
- Kenmerk
- CH1926
- Diameter
- 53 mm
- Estimate
- € 8.500 - 15.000
- Price sold
- € 7.150
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A French 18 carat gold open faced double dialled keyless lever pocket watch with a perpetual calendar and moon phases, circa 1850. Lever movement with keyless winding. A white enamel dial on the front with Roman hours, an outer minute track, Arabic five minute numerals, sunk subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and spade hands, another white enamel dial on the reverse with subsidiary dials for the months and four year cycle at 12 o’clock, days of the week in French at 9, the date at 3 and an aperture for the moon phases at 6. The case is glazed on both sides. Both dials are signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: CH. Oudin Paris
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This timepiece is a rare example of a double dialled pocket watch with the time on one side and the perpetual calendar indications on the other.
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The present watch is signed by Charles Oudin, a renowned watchmaker and Breguet student who had established his workshop in Paris at the Palais Tribunat in 1804, then at the Galerie de Pierre from 1810 to 1820. He was succeeded by his son who transferred the firm to Galerie Montpensier in 1830 where it remained until 1840, then at Palais National by 1850 and finally Palais Royal in 1860.
Signed: CH. Oudin Paris
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