25,300 CHF
Jean Rousseau, Geneva, circa 1650. Fine early silver hour striking clockwatch. Double body, bassine the split-bezel engraved with sun-flowers the back pierced and engraved with a very fine composition of Summer flowers on a hatch ground, loose-ring pendant. Silver Roman chapter ring, the centre engraved with a river-side landscape, a tower on the left, a castle on the back. Fine elaborated gilt brass single hand. Hinged gilt brass, full plate with gilt brass urn pillars, fusee with gut-line, verge escapement, plain steel two-arm balance without spring, irregular oval foliage pierced and engraved cock secured by a screw, click and ratchet wheel set-up. Striking train with gilt brass fixed barrel pierced and engraved with foliage, striking on a bell, the silver count-wheel on the back plate. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 48 mm. Notes Jean Rousseau le Jenne, (1606-1684), Jean-Jacques Rousseau's great-grand father, worked in Geneva where he was famous for high quality watches. He made several form watches, but also complicated watches such as clockwatches, alarm-watches and astronomical watches. Master of the Clockmakers Company of Geneva, he formed several apprentices: Isaac Bordier, son of Jacques f and Ypollite Noel, in 1631, Jean-Francois Lachis in 1644, Pierre Berard in 1649, Antoine Garnier in 1652, Jean Blancher and Amedee Marchand in 1659.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-10-12
