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“Skeletonized Dead Center Seconds with Pouzait-Type Seconds Beating Pirouette Lever Escapement” Swiss
Vente aux enchères - Antiquorum N°144 - 12 novembre 2006 - Lot N°333
“Skeletonized Dead Center Seconds with Pouzait-Type Seconds Beating Pirouette Lever Escapement” SwissEnchère
Vente aux enchères
Antiquorum N°144
12 novembre 2006
Lot N°333
“Skeletonized Dead Center Seconds with Pouzait-Type Seconds Beating Pirouette Lever Escapement” Swiss. Made circa 1820. Very fine and extremely unusual, silver and gold pocket watch with dead center seconds, seconds-beating balance, variation of Pouzait’s lever escapement, skeletonized regulator dial and date.
- USD45 000 - 60 000
- EUR35 000 - 47 000
- CHF55 000 - 75 000
- CHF 56 640
C. Three-body, “bassine et filet”, glazed both sides, polished gold bezels, pendant and bow, silver engine-turned band. D. Skeletonized, regulator type with silvered annular chapter rings for the hours and minutes with radial Roman numerals, date from 1-31, outer seconds with dot divisions and Arabic quarter minute numerals. Blued steel “Breguet” hands. M. 48 mm. , 21’’’, frosted gilt full plate, turned concave pillars, fusee with chain, polished steel lever escapement mounted in the center of the dial plate, counterpoised lever with opposing rack acting on a pinion with a pirouette wheel meshing with the balance wheel pinion, seconds-beating three-arm polished steel balance, the flat balance spring on the pirouette wheel, escapement partially jewelled, engraved gilt bridge, index regulator. Diam. 56 mm.
