His timepieces collection and the treasures about the timepieces were auctioned in Paris on June 15. FPJourne bought 273 lots totaling nearly 1,000 books for $ 760,000.
40 contains friendship
Jean-Claude Sabrier and François-Paul Journe met in Paris 40 years ago when the two were 35 and 17, respectively. As soon as he knew, he found out that everyone had the same interests - he always could not resist the mysteries and great achievements in watchmaking history.
The two respect each other and establish a profound friendship. Therefore, FPJourne decided to present the collection of Jean-Claude Sabrier at the Geneva Workshop, which included the manuscripts of watchmakers Ferdinand Berthoud, Pierre Le Roy and Antide Janvier to pay tribute to the old friend Two people's friendship.
Jean-Claude Sabrier is a recognized expert in the watch industry. He studied the life and achievements of tabulation masters and showed his unique insights about technology and history through his works.
His collection has witnessed the depth and breadth of his research. It is a pity that he scattered all over the place. To this end, FPJourne decided to save all these important works and store them in workshops in Geneva. They will also showcase their special showcase before celebrating their deep friendship.
Jean-Claude Sabrier presents Pierre Le Roy's Petite Ronde timepieces at the Cercle d'Art in Paris
About Jean-Claude Sabrier:
Jean-Claude Sabrier was born in 1938 in Normandy, France (died on November 29, 2014).
Born in a jeweler's family, Jean-Claude Sabrier, however, chose to become an antique dealer early in his career collecting timepieces. At the same time, he also began to learn all kinds of knowledge about timepieces, which made him later became a great time science experts. Since the 1980s, he has been working for auctioneer Hervé Chayette, earning the earliest auction of clockwork collections.
Jean-Claude Sabrier, one of the world's foremost timekeepers, from 1960 to 1980, worked for the Musée des Arts et Techniques in Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Evreux, Rouen, Toulouse, Tours, Blois, and Time Museum in Rockford, Illinois. He is also a member of the Scientific Committee of Institut l'homme et le temps.
He is the author of many professional journal articles and co-organized multiple exhibitions. He co-authored with Bernard Seneca the watch catalog for the Evreux Museum; worked with Catherine Cardinal on the Ferdinand Berthoud exhibition for the 1984 Masterpieces of the Musée international d'horlogerie and the Tours Museum The book "La dynastie des Le Roy, horlogers du Roi"; and worked with Anthony Randall to catalog the Observatory's timepieces for the Museum of Time. Jean-Claude Sabrier was one of the authors for the directory "Abraham Louis Breguet 1743-1823, L'art de mesurer le temps", which was held in 1997 at the International Museum of Haute Horlogerie.
Beginning in 1980, Jean-Claude Sabrier and Hervé Chayette held the first timepiece collection auction. In 1988, Jean-Claude Sabrier served as a director of the Antigua Lunue in Geneva, and as an expert to watch collection, clock, auction clock auction directory. In 1994, his book "La longitude en mer à l'aure de Louis Berthoud et Henri Motel" again won the Naval Academy award.
In 1977, he was awarded the Gaïa award.
Jean-Claude Sabrier left Antiquorum in 2000 as a consultant to the Swatch Group to manage the group's history and cultural heritage. He was also consultant to Nicolas Hayek, founder of the group, and bought some collectible timepieces for the group's museum . From June to September 2004, Breguet sited in St. Petersburg, where "Breguet in the Hermitage" was exhibited, displaying the brand's historical timepieces and cataloging for the exhibition by Jean-Claude Sabrier.
In 2006, Jean-Claude Sabrier and Georges Rigot co-authored a book, "Steel Time," which deals with some of the gun-gilded timepieces dating back to 1850-1910 that are a reminder of contemporary watch history. In 2012, "The Self-Winding Watch: 18th-21st Century" by Jean-Claude Sabrier, published by Cercle d'Art, covers the basics of the perfect mechanical watch, its mechanical structure, its production technology and its material the study.
Jean-Claude Sabrier is a jury member of the Gaïa Awards. The Gaïa Awards, awarded by La Chaux-de-Fonds International Museum of Clocks and Watches, is an influential and prestigious award for outstanding works of art through the selection of outstanding works of art and production.
He left us at the age of 76. Fortunately, his books and reference works will make future generations have a better understanding of the timing and mechanism.