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251-4082 Rarity, very rare gold pocket watch with repeater and seconds, Le Paute Hger De L'Empereur a Paris No.1895 with year punch 1809-4, with directoire splendour key, ca. 1820 Ca. Ø57mm, ca. 137g, 20K gold, engine turned, dome signed and numbered, case with French 20K gold punch, very fine and rare calibre with cylinder escapement, quarter repeater, early and rare seconds display in unusual position, signed original enamel dial (restored), steel hands, with matching probably original directoire splendour key with red moss agate, matching for the time setting, additionally another key for the winding, in working order. This is a very high quality watch with an extremely rare calibre, the only example with seconds known to us. Pierre-Basile Lepaute (1750-1843). Pierre-Basile Lepaute took over the famous company founded in the 1740s by Jean André Lepaute and ran it together with his son Pierre-Michel Lepaute (1785-1849). He held the title of Horloger de l'Empereur during the imperial period. Lepaute was one of the main suppliers of watches to the imperial court and was allowed to exhibit at the industrial fairs of 1819 and 1823. The Lepautes were among France's leading manufacturers of watches and clocks. Among the members of the family were inventors and writers as well as researchers and excellent master craftsmen. Their customers included Louis XV, Louis XVI, Madame du Barry, Duc de Bourbon, the Princesse de Monaco, King Ferdinand VI, King Charles III and Charles IV of Spain (source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/8WV). 2.500 € - 8.000 €

251-4137 Pocket watch: important, large gold/enamel verge watch by Pierre Gregson Souvenir L'Amitié, ca. 1790 Ca. Ø53mm, approx. 75g, 18k gold, both sides set with half Oriental pearls, the back with fine enamel painting, representation of a couple at the altar of love, below the diamond-set lettering on a white cloth decorated with gold and green paionne inlays, pendant and also decorated with fine paionne inlays, pendant with opening button, extremely rare thin Gregson calibre, verge escapement, signed, excellently preserved signed enamel dial, pink gold hands, movement starts ticking but needs urgently cleaning. Provenance: Geneva "Important Timepieces" (https://www.cortrie.de/go/bl2). Gregson was of British origin and watchmaker to the King. He must have been considered one of the best among his contemporaries, as he was appointed to the commission of the Royal Watch Manufactory in 1786. Only three other watchmakers were represented on this commission: Breguet, Berthoud and Lepaute. Today, Gregson's outstanding enamel watches are among the most valuable collector's items in this field. But it is not only the fantastic enamel cases but also Gregson's special movements that make these watches so interesting. 8.000 € - 15.000 €