Lot n° 611
Estimation :
2500 - 3000
EUR
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Result
: 5 100EUR
Magnificent anonymous gold savonnette-type pocket watch circ - Lot 611
Magnificent anonymous gold savonnette-type pocket watch circa 1870.
Enamel dial with Roman lettering, Breguet-style blued steel hands, small second hand at 6 o'clock. Gold case no. 28367.
Bridge movement, serrated to the center, pendant winding, push-button time-setting. Straight-line anchor escapement, racket-shaped counterweight, visible lifts. Cut bi-metallic screw balance, Breguet balance spring. Engine-turned "barley grain" gold case centered with a monogrammed coat of arms.
Diameter: 52 mm - Gross weight: 103.90 g (750 thousandths).
+ Accompanied by a moire chatelaine, floral gold bars, punctuated by a magnificent seal.
Length: 17 cm - Gross weight: 32.6 g. (750 thousandths)
This watch once belonged to Charles François Laurent, a senior French civil servant (1856 -1939) who had a brilliant career in the Ministry of Finance before becoming First President of the Cour des Comptes in 1907. In 1919, he founded Crédit National, of which he was the first chairman.
Appointed French ambassador to Berlin in 1920, he oversaw the highly sensitive issue of war reparations.
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