12,650 CHF
Japanese, circa 1850. Fine and rare lacquered shitan wood, single-hand hour striking inro watch, accompanied by ivory netsuke. Smooth, the top with lid, winding aperture in the back. Set on a revolving disc, twelve movable silver hour plates numbered in Japanese characters from the top: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, outer brass ring divided into 100 units. Blued steel pierced fixed hand. Rectangular, 45 x 52 mm, brass, engraved full plate, four cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, four-wheel train, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance with blued balance spring, brass cock, count wheel on the back plate, striking on a bell mounted on the top.Dim. 77 x 59 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
