4,800 CHF
Alexandre a Paris. Made circa 1690. Fine and rare, Louis XIV, gilt brass, single-hand oignonwatch,wound through the center andwith silver balance cock. Two-body, “oignon”, the back chased and engraved with a scene of a couple dancing beneath a canopy, foliate strapwork border and bezel, square hinge, loose ring pendant. Gilt with white enamel cartouches with radial blue painted Roman numerals, inner white enamel quarter-hour ring, the center engraved with birds and foliage. Blued steel fleur-de-lys hand. 47 mm, winding from the front only, frosted gilt full plate, divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance, pierced and chased silver cock decorated with inhabited foliage and strapwork, Tompion-type regulator with silver scale disc, steel release catch spring with foliate terminal. Movement signed. Diam. 58 mm. Notes Paul Alexandre Working in Paris during the end of the 17th century and first quarter of the 18th century. See: Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, Tardy, 1972. Literature: La Montre Française, Adolphe Chapiro, Les Editions de l’Amateur, 1991, pp. 52 & 53, fig 106-109.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
