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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2002 Nov 18 @ 06:00UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT
JEAN-ANTOINE LEPINE
HORLOGER DU ROY
PARIS
NO. 5541
MANUFACTURED CIRCA 1780
A GOLD AND ENAMEL QUARTER-REPEATING A-TOC WATCH WITH LEPINE-PATENTED TWISTING PENDANT FOR CASE OPENING
GILT LEPINE-CALIBER MOVEMENT, CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT, PLAIN THREE-ARM BALANCE, FREESTANDING BARREL, ALL WHEELS WITH WOLF-TeeTH, REPEATING
WITH TWO POLISHED STEEL HAMMERS, GILT CUVETTE, WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, ROMAN NUMERALS, ENGINE-TURNED BACK WITH APPLIED ENAMELLED MEDALLION DEPICTING A YOUNG LADY, PUSH PENDANT FOR REPEAT, TWISTING PENDANT FOR OPENING THE CASE
SIGNED ON CUVETTE, NUMBERED ON CUVETTE DIAMETER 55 MM
CHF 3,000-4,000
$ 2,000-2,600
JEAN-ANTOINE LEPINE, BORN
IN 1720, WAS ONE OF FRANCE'S MOST IMPORTANT CLOCK
AND WATCHMAKERS. HE WAS APPOINTED WATCHMAKER
TO THE COURT OF LOUIS XV, XVI, NAPOLEON 1 AND EMPRESS JOSEPHINE.
THE MECHANISM TO OPEN
THE CASE BY MEANS OF TWISTING THE PENDANT
IS ONE OF THE NUMEROUS INVENTIONS OF LEPINE.
Auction Location:
Switzerland
Previewing Details:
Second half of sale (from lot 153) starts at 6pm
Viewing at Hotel des Bergues
Friday November 15 -
Monday November 18
Viewing in New York
Tuesday October 22 –
Sunday October 27
3 West 57 Street
* This sale will be conducted in Swiss Francs: estimates are provided in both US Dollars and Swiss Francs
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