Jmes-Csar Pellaton 1873 - 1954 Tradition, Precision and Passion HIS FAMILY
"is #ather #r$%$ric - &lbert '183(-191!), specialist watchmaker in tourbillons, operating un%er the compan* name+ ,&. -ellaton-#a.re/ Le Locle. "is workshop is going to %eli.er about eight* two tourbillons. 0ince 1891, #r$%$ric-&lbert is member of the commission of the watchmaking 0chool. "e will be there .er* acti.e. Chronometer with tourbillon, sil.er, enamel, brass, steel. Diameter+ 3 mm. 2hickness+ 17 mm. 3ngra.e% mo.ement+ &L4352 -3LL&267-#&853 L3 L6CL3 79 71
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Case of work ma%e of sil.er, pro.i%e% with two glasses. 2he %ial ma%e of white enamel is painte% of &rabian numbers for the hours. 0mall %ial of the secon%s returne%.
"e is going to stamp its own imprint on the Le Locle watchmaking worl%. LetGs present it from ! ke*s aspects+ 1 - 2he man ( - 2he teaching 3 - 2he manufacture of tourbillon ! - 2he watchmaking museum #rom his marriage he has 1 son an% ( %aughters.
Jmes-Csar Pellaton 1873 - 1954 Tradition, Precision and Passion THE MAN
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Jmes-Csar Pellaton 1873 - 1954 Tradition, Precision and Passion THE TEACHER
Chronometer-maker, specialist of tourbillons. Director of the watchmaking school of Le Locle, born in Le Locle 1873-19 !.
1932 5elease of the book ,Cours %e r$glage pour la r$gleuse/. :t is the work of JKmes-C$sar -ellaton an% L$opol% Defosse*. Y$%"s &' ("#s#s ) u*$+!l&y+$*t 2he problems relate% to this situation re@uire the watchmaking schools of Le Locle an% La Chau<-%e-#on%s 'an% the other) to better %istribute material taught in both schools. 2his will be %one without la*ing people off. 6ne the other han%, the school must %e.elop training for the unemplo*e%. 2his %isposition is man%ator* for the unemplo*e% un%er ( *ears. 193 Creation of pre-apprenticeship classes in or%er to impro.e professional training. 1937 2he school appears again complete. JKmes-C$sar -ellaton is in.ite% in #inlan% to the e<hibition of the #innish watchmakers. "is book on the escapements has been translate% into the language of the countr*. "e is then %ecorate% b* the Compan* of the #innish Catchmakers of the Chite 5ose of #inlan%. :t is the first time such an awar% is gi.en to a stranger.
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Jmes-Csar Pellaton 1873 - 1954 Tradition, Precision and Passion THE T/0R1ILL/NS MAN0FACT0RIN2
Chronometer-maker, specialist of tourbillons. Director of the watchmaking school of Le Locle, born in Le Locle 1873-19 !.
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#or those that he is going to make personall*, he will %e%icate his free time, the en%s of weeks an% the holi%a*s. "e %eli.ers thirt*-fi.e cages to -atek--hilippe an% some others to Dirar%--erregau<. "e also %eli.ers some mo.ements to Hl*sse 7ar%in an% some to Q$nith.
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:n.. :8-8> JKmes-C$sar -ellaton Le Locle 2ourbillon of %emonstration, s*stem 4enoTt of. Dol%en brass, steel. D+ 83 mm 3ngra.e% turntable+ ma%e especiall* for the Aus$e :nternational %S"orlogerie 'A:", La Chau<-%e-#on%s) b* JKmes-C$sar -ellaton D5 ".C. Le Locle 19 1 JC-? an% number >7 9
Jmes-Csar Pellaton 1873 - 1954 Tradition, Precision and Passion J3+$s4C5s%" 6$ll%t&* L$ L&(l$
Aounte% on an ebauche of a Hl*sse 7ar%in marine chronometer, 4enoTtGs tourbillon inclu%es a Duillaume balance with brass weights, also calle% ,full balance/, an% a c*lin%ric balance-spring in palla%ium. 2here is no cage of tourbillon in 4enoTtGs tourbillon, %e.ice in.ente% b* &chille 4enoTt towar% 18 . 2he balance is positione% on top of the the wheel of escapement an% recei.es its impulse %irectl* from the balance-spring, that is place% upsi%e-%own, an% whose piton is fi<e% on a boun% arm of the superior pi.ot of the wheel. 2he piton is thus rotate% b* the wheel, an% this mo.ement is transmitte% b* the balance-spring to the balance. 2he escapement is particular to ensure the release an% rest %uring the arc of oscillation of the balance. 4ibliograph* + A:", 19> , p. 9!, repr.
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7o-one is a prophet in his own school because the challenge was taken up b* one of his master Ar. #ritE 5obert-Charrue, that finishes in 19! a tourbillon on a 8 1?(;S watch. 2his time, it is the smallestN
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Jmes-Csar Pellaton 1873 - 1954 Tradition, Precision and Passion THE 7ATCHMA8IN2 M0SE0M
2he museum is create% Jul* 1!, 18!9. :t will be part of the in%ustrial school. :n 191 JKmes-C$sar -ellaton was appointe% to the commission of the museum. "e became .ice-presi%ent in 1919 an% presi%ent in 19(> an% he remaine% until 19 1. :n 1938, the museum is in the room !!. &s the nee% of e<tension of the school arises, it frees space b* putting parts of the museum in bo<es. 2hese bo<es are fre@uentl* mo.e%. :n 19 1, JKmes-C$sar -ellaton, after a rehearsal .oice accompanie% b* Ars. Qepf 'future wife of Ar. 3. Jobin), it offers to hire her future husban% as the museum curator. 0he accepts an% the future husban% followsNNN
T/ THE REA9ER
2his short biograph* of JKmes- C$sar of -ellaton fills a .oi% felt b* all who wants to impro.e the ra%iance of the cit* of Le Locle. :t cannot be e<hausti.e, but most has been sai%. 0eptember 18, (117, Ch.- &. 4reguet
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