Reymond Deshayes, movement attributed to Louis Audemars. A fine, rare and unusual 18K gold hunter case quarter repeating perpetual calendar keyless lever watch with retrograde date

SIGNED REYMOND DESHAYES, CONTREAU SUCCESSEUR, 36 BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS, PARIS, QUANTIÈME PERPÉTUEL, NOS. 9686 AND 6595, CIRCA 1870

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Reymond Deshayes, movement attributed to Louis Audemars. A fine, rare and unusual 18K gold hunter case quarter repeating perpetual calendar keyless lever watch with retrograde date
Signed Reymond Deshayes, Contreau Successeur, 36 Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, Quantième Perpétuel, Nos. 9686 and 6595, circa 1870
Cal. 18''' gilt-finished lever movement, 31 jewels, cut bimetallic balance, wolf's tooth winding, repeating on two hammers onto two gongs, gold cuvette engraved Reymond Deshayes Contreau Succr. 36 Boulevard des Italiens 36, Paris, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold spade hands, outer Arabic five minute divisions, four subsidiary dials for fly back date, day, month and constant seconds, aperture for moon phases circular plain case, repeating slide in the band, hinged back, cuvette signed Reymond Deshayes and numbered
53 mm. diam.

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Lot Essay

The movement of the present watch, even though not signed, is most certainly the work of Louis Audemars. Not only are style and quality very much identical to his work, but also the numbering sequence made during the 1860s matches with this example.

For a biographical note on Louis Audemars see the previous lot in this auction.

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