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Vaucher Frères. A fine, rare and unusual 18K pink gold skeletonized minute repeating keywound watch with pin-pallet lever escapement

SIGNED VAUCHER FRÈRES, CASE NUMBERED 753, CIRCA 1830

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Vaucher Frères. A fine, rare and unusual 18K pink gold skeletonized minute repeating keywound watch with pin-pallet lever escapement
Signed Vaucher Frères, case numbered 753, circa 1830
Finely engraved gilt-finished jewelled pin-pallet lever movement, minute repeating on two hammers onto two undulating gongs with snake head terminals, regulation lever underneath the skeletonized dial, Breguet numerals on outer white enamel chapter ring, serpentine hands, engine-turned circular case, pendant locking lever in the ribbed band, minute repeating through the pendant, movement ring and dial signed, case stamped with casemaker's initials CHI
57 mm. diam.

Literature

Prominently described and illustrated in Louis Benjamin Audemars - His Life and Work by Hartmut Zanke, pp. 26 & 27, pl. T4.

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Lot Essay

The present watch is a fine example of an early minute repeater of best quality. A silver watch with comparable skeletonized minute repeating movement with undulating gongs and snake head terminals is illustrated in Taschenuhren by Reinhard Meis, p. 162, pl. 315 & 316.

Vaucher Frères located in Geneva and La Chaux-de-Fonds were renowned makers of high quality watches and small clocks, active between 1780 and 1830.

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