Fine Watches Including Masterworks of Time, Collector's Watches
Fine Watches Including Masterworks of Time, Collector's Watches
Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection
Attributed to Louis Linzaghi
A silver open-faced keyless four-minute tourbillon watch with lever escapement Patent 33368, circa 1905
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September 16, 04:53 PM GMT
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800 - 1,200 GBP
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Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection
Attributed to Louis Linzaghi
A silver open-faced keyless four-minute tourbillon watch with lever escapement
Patent 33368, circa 1905
• Movement: nickel full plate with decorative engraving, the backplate engraved Echappement Tourbillon, the barrel bridge marked Brevet 33368,
four-minute tourbillon carriage visible to front of watch, lever escapement with compensation balance
• Dial: white enamel set to a central bridge above the tourbillon carriage, Roman numerals, outer gilt minute ring, blued steel hands, the dial marked 'Tourbillon' and the bridge with patent number repeated
• Case: silver, engine-turned back, polished bezel, plain polished silver cuvette, back and bezel numbered 5, 1011
diameter 53.5mm
A similar watch, attributed to Louis Linzaghi of La Chaux-de-Fonds, is illustrated in R. Meis, Das Tourbillon, 1986, p.311. Louis Linzaghi applied for Swiss Patent No. 33368 on 2 August 1905.
The design sees the watch's dial fixed to a central bridge while an unusually large tourbillon carriage rotates beneath; a lever escapement is inset into the edge of the carriage.