Sold for:
11,500 CHF
11,500 CHF
Viel Aine, Horloger Brevete du Roy a Paris, circa 1815. Fine and rare 18K gold minute repeating watch. Four body, Empire with reeled band, the back engine-turned in a sunburst pattern and centred with a blank cartouche. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold Breguet hands. Gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 12 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with Breguet bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Repeating on gongs with pull-twist piston through the pendant. Signed on the dial and the cuvette. Diam. 59 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-10-31