French quarter repeater, stoppable centre seconds Circa 1810
- Kenmerk
- GF0017
- Diameter
- 56 mm
- Estimate
- € 4.500 - 9.000
- Price sold
- € 6.700
Rare gold quarter repeating French cylinder
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A rare French gold quarter repeating cylinder with stoppable centre seconds, circa 1810. Polished steel regulator and diamond endstone, three armed balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, push pendant, quarter repeating on two steel gongs. Winding through the convex white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt Breguet hands and steel second hand. Plain 18 carat open faced case with ribbed middle and engine turning to the back.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 122 g
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Signed: Le Paute à Paris
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A rare French gold quarter repeating cylinder with stoppable centre seconds, circa 1810. Polished steel regulator and diamond endstone, three armed balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, push pendant, quarter repeating on two steel gongs. Winding through the convex white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt Breguet hands and steel second hand. Plain 18 carat open faced case with ribbed middle and engine turning to the back.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 122 g
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Signed: Le Paute à Paris
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Pierre-Basile Lepaute (1750-1843), also known as Sully Lepaute, took over the famous company founded in the 1740s and led it together with his son Pierre-Michel Lepaute (1785-1849). He held the title of Horloger de l’Empereur during the Imperial period and the Horloger du Roi during the Restoration and the July Monarchy. Lepaute was one of the main suppliers of watches to the imperial court and was allowed to exhibit at the industrial fairs 1819 and 1823. The Lepautes were among France’s leading manufacturers of watches and clocks. Among the members of the family were inventors and writers as well as researchers and excellent master craftsmen. Her customers included Louis XV, Louis XVI, Madame du Barry, the Duc de Bourbon, the Princesse de Monaco, King Ferdinand VI, King Charles III and Charles IV of Spain.
Unusual combination a quarter repeating watch with stoppable centre seconds.
High quality watch. In excellent condition.
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Reference 0003000
Pierre-Basile Lepaute (1750-1843), also known as Sully Lepaute, took over the famous company founded in the 1740s and led it together with his son Pierre-Michel Lepaute (1785-1849). He held the title of Horloger de l’Empereur during the Imperial period and the Horloger du Roi during the Restoration and the July Monarchy. Lepaute was one of the main suppliers of watches to the imperial court and was allowed to exhibit at the industrial fairs 1819 and 1823. The Lepautes were among France’s leading manufacturers of watches and clocks. Among the members of the family were inventors and writers as well as researchers and excellent master craftsmen. Her customers included Louis XV, Louis XVI, Madame du Barry, the Duc de Bourbon, the Princesse de Monaco, King Ferdinand VI, King Charles III and Charles IV of Spain.
Unusual combination a quarter repeating watch with stoppable centre seconds.
High quality watch. In excellent condition.
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Reference 0003000
Signed: Le Paute à Paris
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