Details
CH.HE. GROSCLAUDE. AN 18 carat GOLD ONE MINUTE LEVER TOURBILLON WATCH signed Ch.He.Grosclaude & Fils, Fleurier Suisse, circa 1870
with gilt-finished movement, the top-plate engraved with Chronometre, chain fusse, maltese-cross winding, screwed chatons, steel carriage, large compensation balance with free-sprung regulator, glass cuvette, the engraved silvered dial with gold decorative applications, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, the guillochee case with a black and blue enamel monogram, fluted band with slide for winding stop, signed on dial- 54mm. diam.
with gilt-finished movement, the top-plate engraved with Chronometre, chain fusse, maltese-cross winding, screwed chatons, steel carriage, large compensation balance with free-sprung regulator, glass cuvette, the engraved silvered dial with gold decorative applications, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, the guillochee case with a black and blue enamel monogram, fluted band with slide for winding stop, signed on dial- 54mm. diam.
Literature
This watch is illustrated on page 125 in Das Troubillon by Reinhard Meis and another similar movement is illustrated on page 122