Nicolas Mathieu Rieussec

估價

80,000 - 120,000 CHF

招標截止

描述

極其罕有重要計時器，為賽馬製造，年份約1823。
brass and mahogany
尺寸109.5 x 82 毫米

• 銅夾板機芯，特大型工字輪擒縱機構，木製錶盒後部的特大型凹槽齒輪上弦，三臂銅齒輪每分鐘旋轉一次 • 白色琺瑯彩錶盤，黑色阿拉伯數字 • 外環分鐘及1/5秒細分刻度 • 黃銅基座雕刻RIEUSSEC H-ger DU ROI CHRONOGRAPHE B-et D'INVENTION A PARIS RUE N-ve DES PETITS CHAMPS N 13 • 分鐘刻度圈雕刻阿拉伯數字，數字0至9每分鐘啟動，可手動調校，按下左邊按鈕可開始計時，按下右邊按鈕可啟動給墨機構，按下最後一個按鈕，顯示墨水儲存 • 桃花心木錶盒，後部有一滑板，可調節擺輪

* 拍品資料以英文圖錄為準。

出版

1: Seine département prefecture, Horse races, excerpt from the minutes of the meeting on September 23, 1821,

2: Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle,

3: Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle,

拍品資料及來源

Nicolas Mathieu Rieussec (1781-1866) was an important French watchmaker and inventor. Clearly a talented child, he was already established as a watchmaker in Rue du Marché-Palu by 1805. He was made watchmaker to The King in 1817.

Rieussec's brother, Nicolas Joseph, was heavily involved in the equestrian racing world in Paris and it is therefore no coincidence that Nicolas Mathieu seized the opportunity to develop a timing instrument that, in 1821, became the first chronograph.

After a long and successful life, Nicolas Mathieu Rieussec died at his home at 60 Avenue du Bel-Air in Paris, in 1866.