BAUDIN FRERES GENEVA 18K SOLID GOLD MINUTE REPEATER ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH 1840c
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BAUDIN FRERES GENEVA 18K SOLID GOLD MINUTE REPEATER ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH 1840c
ON OFFER IS THIS SUPERB BAUDIN FRERES GENEVA 18K SOLID GOLD MINUTE REPEATER ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH 1840c.
Manufacturers and merchants Geneva, 1800. Specialized in fancy watches, pendant watches for ladies watches, snuff boxes and watches, opera glasses. Use either the classic type of rocket and movement verge escapement or movement bridges, Lépine caliber cylinder escapement. The boxes are decorated and always excellent. Sign watches until 1860.
Pocket watch: extremely rare and very early Geneva pocket watch with minute repeater, Baudin Freres Geneve no. 2084, Geneva at ca. 1840
Ca. Ø 48 mm, ca. 74 g, 18 K gold, reeded mid section, matching numbers 2084 on case and movement, dome signed and numbered, quality grade 'Extra', 'Repetition a Minute', very fine Geneva precision lever movement repeating hours, quarters and minutes; compensating balance with gold screws, high-quality, original and signed enamel dial, original gold hands, very beautiful and working condition, very fine collector's watch.
The first pioneer of Patek Philippe was Antoine Norbert de Patek. On May
1, 1839 he laid the cornerstone for his legendary life’s work, founding
his own watch manufacture under the name Patek, Czapek & Co.
Here, the first Patek Philippe pocket watch was born; afterward, Patek
began producing about 200 high-quality pocket watches per year. On May,
15, 1845 Patek & Co. was founded, with headquarters in Geneva with a
new partner, Jean Adrien Philippe, who became the company’s technical
director. Prompted by Philippe’s ingenuity, from 1845 onward the firm
started producing watchmaking machinery of its own design. The teaming
of the gifted businessman, Patek, with the pioneering watchmaker,
Philippe, was the beginning of the Patek Philippe watch company as we
know it.
This watch was probably made by Czapek & Patek for retail by Baudin Freres just before the company Patek Phillippe was formed.
Czapek & Patek also made eyeglasses and other superior quality items with built in watches for Baudin Freres around this time.
ALL CLOCKS ARE PROVIDED WITH AN ORIGINAL KEYS AND OR PENDULUM THESE WILL ALWAYS BE PACKED SEPARATELY BUT WITH THE CLOCK.
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