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Baillion. An 18k Gold Openface Keywound Verge Watch
Lot 38

Baillion. An 18k Gold Openface Keywound Verge Watch

SIGNED BAILLON, PARIS, NO. 975, CIRCA 1820

Closed16 December 2011

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Baillion. An 18k Gold Openface Keywound Verge Watch
Signed Baillon, Paris, No. 975, Circa 1820
Gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, pierced and engraved balance cock, rounded pilasters, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, engraved circular case with central floral motif to the hinged back, movement signed and numbered, case stamped with casemaker's initials TL and numbered
43mm diam.

Specialist note

Jean Baptiste Baillon (Paris, c. 1751-1770), received as a master-horloger in 1727, came from a long line of clockmakers. He went on to achieve great success as "the richest watchmaker in Europe," according to F.J Britten. One of the most significant horologists of the 18th century, he established a private factory in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Baillon was so well regarded that he was clockmaker to Queen Marie Leszinska, wife of Louis XV, King of France, as well as Marie Antoinette.