Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection
Mobilis
A continental silver open-faced keyless one-minute tourbillon watch with lever escapement Circa 1910, no. 103562
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Lot Closed
September 16, 04:53 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection
Mobilis
A continental silver open-faced keyless one-minute tourbillon watch with lever escapement
Circa 1910, no. 103562
• Movement: gilded full plate, lever escapement mounted on a one-minute tourbillon carriage visible to the front, bi-metallic compensation balance, the backplate stamped Bté s.g.d.g. 30754, Brevettato R.A. 208.N.232, Pat. N. 7888/1905, U.S. Pat. appl. for, signed Mobilis
• Dial: asymmetrical gilded engine-turned dial plate, matt champagne dial with Roman numerals, outer pearled minute ring, blued steel hands, large aperture beneath revealing the gilt-metal tourbillon carriage
• Case: Continental silver case, engine-turned back, numbered 2486
diameter 53mm
This watch is made according to Paul Loichot's 1904 patent (no. 30754). Loichot licensed his invention to be used by Courvoisier Frères, the latter selling tourbillon watches using the patent under the brand name Mobilis, see K. Pritchard, Swiss Timepiece Makers 1775-1975, 1997, p.C-88.