Lot n° 3
Estimation :
3000 - 5000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 4 550EUR
LACLOCHE FRERES by Léon Hatot and Alexandre Brédillard - Lot 3
LACLOCHE FRERES by Léon Hatot and Alexandre Brédillard
18K yellow gold (750/1000) pocket watch, known as a “tuxedo” watch. Square case. Master craftsman’s hallmark of Léon Hatot. Patented case with a bezel screwed from the inside. Press-fit case back.
Flinqué guilloché dial with Roman numeral hour markers and railway-track minute track. “Lacloch Frères” signature (the “E” in Lacloche is missing). Blued steel hands.
Mechanical movement with Alexandre Brédillard’s master’s hallmark on the plate beneath the dial. Movement numbered 83428.
Dimensions: 41 x 41 cm Gross weight: 49 g
The Lacloche company was established in London from 1904 through the interwar period. Regarding the dating of this model, the horse-head hallmark used until 1919, as well as the master hallmarks of Léon Hatot for the case and Alexandre Brédillard for the movement, indicate French manufacture. The import hallmarks bearing the London mark allow us to date the watch to around 1912.
As for the coat of arms on the case back, it belongs to the Nall-Cain; they were registered in 1928 and changed in 1933, leading us to assume they were added when the family obtained them in the late 1920s.
The collaboration of three of the most renowned names in fine watchmaking from the early 20th century—Léon Hatot, founder of the ATO brand and a great innovator; Alexandre Brédillard, who worked for Cartier, Verger, and other prestigious houses such as Lacloche Frères—lends this watch its exceptional character.
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