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拍品专文
Well preserved and consigned by a private collector, this handsome quarter repeating calendar watch is signed by the founders of Omega – Louis Brandt Frère. Watches bearing the firm’s punch mark “LBF” are rare and the present watch is particularly appealing being large size and pink gold. In addition to quarter repeating the watch displays date, days of the week and month calendar and the monthly lunar cycle. The chronograph function for timing events is calibrated for 300 units.
A very attractive and impressive example of late 19th century Swiss watchmaking.
Louis Brandt & Frère
In 1848, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Louis Brandt, watchmaker, started his own manufacture. I 1880 a new manufacture was established in Bienne called Louis Brandt & Fils when eldest son Louis-Paul joined the business. Within ten years, the manufacture had become the largest in Switzerland. From 1891 the company was renamed Louis Brandt & Frère when both Louis-Paul and younger brother César joined the business. At that time, the Brandt brothers introduced new production techniques, mechanization and automation, transforming the small-series manufacture of watches into industrial-scale production. In 1894 they changed their name to Omega, named after their first watch. This name also conveyed quality because Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet and means "perfection".
A very attractive and impressive example of late 19th century Swiss watchmaking.
Louis Brandt & Frère
In 1848, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Louis Brandt, watchmaker, started his own manufacture. I 1880 a new manufacture was established in Bienne called Louis Brandt & Fils when eldest son Louis-Paul joined the business. Within ten years, the manufacture had become the largest in Switzerland. From 1891 the company was renamed Louis Brandt & Frère when both Louis-Paul and younger brother César joined the business. At that time, the Brandt brothers introduced new production techniques, mechanization and automation, transforming the small-series manufacture of watches into industrial-scale production. In 1894 they changed their name to Omega, named after their first watch. This name also conveyed quality because Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet and means "perfection".