Lucien Sandoz. A very fine and rare 18K gold hunter case pocket chronometer with one minute tourbillon carriage by Auguste Grether

SIGNED LUCIEN SANDOZ FILS & CIE., LE LOCLE, CHRONOMETRE TOURBILLON, BULLETIN DE L'OBSERVATOIRE DE 1RE CLASSE, NO. 78307, CIRCA 1870

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Lucien Sandoz. A very fine and rare 18K gold hunter case pocket chronometer with one minute tourbillon carriage by Auguste Grether
Signed Lucien Sandoz Fils & Cie., Le Locle, Chronometre Tourbillon, Bulletin de l'Observatoire de 1re Classe, No. 78307, circa 1870
With nickel-finished jewelled movement, pivoted detent escapement, bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel balance spring with overcoil, one minute tourbillon regulator with Grether's first type polished steel three-arm carriage, glazed dust cover, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, gold and paste-set hands, constant seconds, in heavy circular case, case numbered, cuvette, dial and movement signed
57 mm. diam.

拍品专文

Lucien Sandoz (1825-1896) of Le Locle was a renowned watchmaker who worked together with his son Alfred. At the prestigious National Exhibition of Horology in 1881 the firm won a Third Class Medal.

The tourbillon carriage of the present watch is a typical example of Auguste Grether's first type and its unusual, playful shape (see Reinhard Meis Das Tourbillon, p. 43, Z47 "Grether 1"). Auguste Grether (1817-1879) was a skilled watchmaker specializing in the manufacture of high precision parts and tourbillon carriages which he also supplied to renowned watch firms such as Girard-Perregaux and Paul Ditisheim.