Lot 79

Marius LeCoultre, made for Charles Ed. Lardet. A very fine and unusual 18K gold openface minute repeating perpetual calendar keyless lever watch with phases of the moon and retrograde date indication

SIGNED CHARLES ED. LARDET, FLEURIER (SUISSE), NO. 2715 AND LECOULTRE, GENEVE, NO. 2715 UNDERNEATH THE DIAL, CIRCA 1890

Details

Marius LeCoultre, made for Charles Ed. Lardet. A very fine and unusual 18K gold openface minute repeating perpetual calendar keyless lever watch with phases of the moon and retrograde date indication
Signed Charles Ed. Lardet, Fleurier (Suisse), No. 2715 and LeCoultre, Geneve, No. 2715 underneath the dial, circa 1890
With gilt-finished highly jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, minute repeating on two polished steel hammers, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer retrograde date indication with central hand, aperture for phases of the moon, three subsidiary dials indicating day, month and constant seconds, in heavy circular case, repeating slide in the band, cuvette and dial signed Charles Ed. Lardet, Fleurier, movement signed LeCoultre
49 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

The ébauche for this unusual watch was supplied by Marius LeCoultre, using his retrograde date system as well as the unusual four letter abbreviation for the calendar indications.

For a detailed note on Marius LeCoultre see lot 298 in this auction.
Charles Ed. Lardet was active in Fleurier, Switzerland, during the last quarter of the 19th century. The company specialized in watches for the Spanish and Turkish markets.

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