Reference 709-20 'San Marco' Répétition Minutes Jacquemart Forgerons | A platinum minute repeating wristwatch with automaton jaquemarts and enamel dial, Circa 1990
Lot Closed
December 12, 06:04 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dial: guillochéd blue enamel
Caliber: mechanical, 32 jewels
Case: platinum, sapphire crystal display back
Case number: 22
Closure: platinum Ulysse Nardin buckle
Size: 38 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Papers: no
Box: no
As this watch chimes the hour, the automaton to the dial appears to simultaneously strike a bell. The figure is a reproduction of one of the mythical Jaquemarts, designed by Paolo Savin in the 15th Century for the Campanile of🐟 Piazza San Marco in Venice. Appropriately, the watchও is housed in the so-called ‘San Marco’ watch case.