![CALLIER, PARIS [ Callier，巴黎] | A VERY RARE PINK GOLD DOUBLE DIALLED 24-HOUR WORLD TIME KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH ENAMELLED MAP OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE 1887, NO. 23256 [ 極罕有粉紅金雙錶盤24小時世界時區懷錶飾北半球琺瑯彩繪地圖，年份1887，編號23256]](https://dam.sothebys.com/dam/image/lot/217083bc-e7e7-4dfa-b6b7-1f5a337df125/primary/extra_small)
Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣：鐘錶鬼才」
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CALLIER, PARIS [ Callier，巴黎] | A VERY RARE PINK GOLD DOUBLE DIALLED 24-HOUR WORLD TIME KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH ENAMELLED MAP OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE 1887, NO. 23256 [ 極罕有粉紅金雙錶盤24小時世界時區懷錶飾北半球琺瑯彩繪地圖，年份1887，編號23256]
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June 16, 02:35 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 CHF
Lot Details
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CALLIER, PARIS
[ Callier，巴黎]
A VERY RARE PINK GOLD DOUBLE DIALLED 24-HOUR WORLD TIME KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH ENAMELLED MAP OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
1887, NO. 23256
[ 極罕有粉紅金雙錶盤24小時世界時區懷錶飾北半球琺瑯彩繪地圖，年份1887，編號23256]
• Movement: gilded, lever escapement, 19 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance
• Dials: front - white enamel 24-hour chapter ring with concentric 12 hour periods in red and black, revolving dial centre with polychrome enamel painted rendition of the world, the Northern Hemisphere to the outside leading to the Southern Hemisphere at the dial centre, blued steel moon hands, central gilt hand for setting designated longitude • concealed back dial - white enamel, outer minute ring with Arabic five-minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, the minutes and seconds running counter clockwise, further subsidiary for regulation, recessed plaque marked 'Montre Géographique Sans Calcul donnant les longitudes les latitudes et heures de tous les points de la terre", signed and dated Callier, Horloger de l'Observatoire Fournisseur de la Marine de l'Etat, Paris 1887
• Case: pink gold, plain polished hinged back opening to reveal rear dial, numbered 2325
diameter 58.5mm
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Antiquorum Geneva, 14 June 2003, lot 19
A rare and unusual watch, the front dial shows lines of longitude and latitude and is designed to display the current time at any location around the world. The central gold hand is set to the time in user's current location and the time in other locations may then be found by following their closest line of longitude through to the chapter ring.
Bernard Callier (1820-1908) was recorded at the Quai St. Michel, Paris in c. 1879. He was the successor to Winnerl, won an Exhibition gold medal in 1880, was clockmaker to the Observatory, invented his own form of compensation balance in 1879, and made pieces for Les Messageries Maritimes. See: T. Mercer, Chronometer Makers of the World, NAG, 1991, p.117.
The present lot is one of two 'Montre Géographiques' known by Callier. For another example, see Antiquorum Geneva, March 2015, lot 346.