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JANESICH CIRCA 1910 Belle Epoque minute repeater clock in 18K yellow gold, enamel and agate. French work. CASE: yellow gold plate cube decorated with guilloché bands, framed by white enamel fillets, openings for winding and setting the time on the back, the cylindrical pink agate push-button for on-demand striking on the top, the molded agate base, a pearled gold line on the base. Unreadable maker's mark, but probably Eugène Bako (the resingle, his symbol, can be guessed). DIAL: round domed in white enamel, painted Roman and Arabic numeral hour markers, iron track and fleur-de-lys hands set with rose-cut diamonds. Bezel decorated with white enamel lines and dots. MOVEMENT: rectangular, gilt, signed Nocturne, Patent 30225, mechanical, anchor escapement, compensated balance wheel, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, minute repeater, two hammers on gong, time-setting and key winding. N° 4320. Numbered: 3693 (engraved on the brass plate above the agate base), found on the case, signed. DIM. 6.3 x 5.4 x 7.5 cm. GROSS WEIGHT: 386.33 g. WITH: red morocco flap case decorated with gilded garlands, signed Janesich, 19 rue de la Paix, Paris, Monte-Carlo, N° 2934 and 3693, one key. Eugène Bako, active between 1908 and 1923, specialized in custom work on small goldsmith's and silversmith's wares, boxes and precious objects, and regularly collaborated with Maisons such as Cartier and Lacloche on guilloche clocks. PROVENANCE: SUZANNE THE LITTLE SISTER OF THE THREE GREAT CARTIERS Cartier jewelry was to make a splash in the world of jewelry, starting with a generation formed by Louis who ran Paris, Jacques in London and Pierre who opened the New York branch. And let's not forget their younger sister, Suzanne, who married into the family of the great couturier Worth. She was 22 when she married Jacques Worth, and her wedding witnesses were none other than her brother Louis, married to Andrée-Caroline Worth (the groom's cousin), and her brother-in-law Jacques Lemoine, husband of the groom's sister, René Worth. Great ideas were established based on strong ties in the luxury sector between these genius entrepreneurs and craftsmen. At the time, Maison Worth was much larger than Maison Cartier. Little sister Suzanne, now Madame Worth, was not part of the great adventure. In the third photo, you'll find a full-length portrait of his daughter Hélène Worth, luxuriously dressed for her debutante ball, initiating her life in the café society of the time, from which some of the pieces come. The watches and objects we present were entrusted to us directly by her grandson. Francesca Brickell-Cartier's book reveals family details confirmed by descendants. Reference: BRICKELL-CARTIER, Francesca, "Les Cartier", Editions les Arènes, Paris, 2022. Condition report on request. Condition report on request. A 18K yellow gold manual-winding wristwatch by Jeager LeCoultre from the 1940's.
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JANESICH CIRCA 1910 Belle Epoque minute repeater clock in 18K yellow gold, enamel and agate. French work. CASE: yellow gold plate cube decorated with guilloché bands, framed by white enamel fillets, openings for winding and setting the time on the back, the cylindrical pink agate push-button for on-demand striking on the top, the molded agate base, a pearled gold line on the base. Unreadable maker's mark, but probably Eugène Bako (the resingle, his symbol, can be guessed). DIAL: round domed in white enamel, painted Roman and Arabic numeral hour markers, iron track and fleur-de-lys hands set with rose-cut diamonds. Bezel decorated with white enamel lines and dots. MOVEMENT: rectangular, gilt, signed Nocturne, Patent 30225, mechanical, anchor escapement, compensated balance wheel, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, minute repeater, two hammers on gong, time-setting and key winding. N° 4320. Numbered: 3693 (engraved on the brass plate above the agate base), found on the case, signed. DIM. 6.3 x 5.4 x 7.5 cm. GROSS WEIGHT: 386.33 g. WITH: red morocco flap case decorated with gilded garlands, signed Janesich, 19 rue de la Paix, Paris, Monte-Carlo, N° 2934 and 3693, one key. Eugène Bako, active between 1908 and 1923, specialized in custom work on small goldsmith's and silversmith's wares, boxes and precious objects, and regularly collaborated with Maisons such as Cartier and Lacloche on guilloche clocks. PROVENANCE: SUZANNE THE LITTLE SISTER OF THE THREE GREAT CARTIERS Cartier jewelry was to make a splash in the world of jewelry, starting with a generation formed by Louis who ran Paris, Jacques in London and Pierre who opened the New York branch. And let's not forget their younger sister, Suzanne, who married into the family of the great couturier Worth. She was 22 when she married Jacques Worth, and her wedding witnesses were none other than her brother Louis, married to Andrée-Caroline Worth (the groom's cousin), and her brother-in-law Jacques Lemoine, husband of the groom's sister, René Worth. Great ideas were established based on strong ties in the luxury sector between these genius entrepreneurs and craftsmen. At the time, Maison Worth was much larger than Maison Cartier. Little sister Suzanne, now Madame Worth, was not part of the great adventure. In the third photo, you'll find a full-length portrait of his daughter Hélène Worth, luxuriously dressed for her debutante ball, initiating her life in the café society of the time, from which some of the pieces come. The watches and objects we present were entrusted to us directly by her grandson. Francesca Brickell-Cartier's book reveals family details confirmed by descendants. Reference: BRICKELL-CARTIER, Francesca, "Les Cartier", Editions les Arènes, Paris, 2022. Condition report on request. Condition report on request. A 18K yellow gold manual-winding wristwatch by Jeager LeCoultre from the 1940's.
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