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BLANC PERE & FILS. A GOLD OPENFACE POCKET WATCH WITH SECONDS BEATING POUZZAIT LEVER ESCAPEMENT

SIGNED BLANC PERS & FILS, PARIS, CIRCA 1790

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BLANC PERE & FILS. A GOLD OPENFACE POCKET WATCH WITH SECONDS BEATING POUZZAIT LEVER ESCAPEMENT
SIGNED BLANC PERS & FILS, PARIS, CIRCA 1790
Gilt-finished movement, chain fusée, large seconds beating four-armed mono-metallic balance, Pouzzait lever escapement, white enamel dial Breguet numerals, gold spade hands, center seconds, plain consular case with stop lever under the bezel, movement signed
48mm diam.

Provenance

The Albert Odmark Collection of Important Clocks and Watches, Christie's London, March 11, 2005, lot 122.

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Lot Essay

Jean Moise Pouzzait invented the lever escapement that bears his name in 1788. He was head of the first school of horology in Geneva. The extra large balance swings one second each way and the escape wheel usually carries a sweep center seconds hand. The slow action of the balance and excessive friction of the escapement caused it to be superceded by the lever escapement.

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