82,700 CHF
Case enamelled by Les deux frères Huaut, les Jeunes, movement by J. B. Vrythoff, Hague, No. 152,circa 1686.Very fine 20K gold pair-cased watch. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minutes ring. Gold Louis XIV hands. Later custom made hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass balance with mock pendulum, flat balance spring. Gilt brass Dutch cock with pendulum aperture, chased with a seated Bacchus drinking a glass of wine.Signed Vrythoff on the back plate.Diam. 49 mm. Notes For more information on the engraving by Gabriel Perelle (1603-1677) see Dr. Hans Boeckh, Emailmalerei Auf Genfer Taschenuhren, etc., Freiburg, 1982.Cases painted by Les deux Frères Huaut were among the finest examples of painting on enamel from the Geneva School and were therefore not only highly prized when originally made, but remained as art treasures in the centuries that followed, as evidenced by this watch case, which was deemed of sufficient quality to merit a custom made movement by J. B. Vrythoff, Hague, at the beginning of the 18th century. Apparently several examples of cases enamelled by members of the Huaud family were still avilable at the period, for many watches with later movement by other Dutch makers, such as Van Ceulen, specially made to be housed in Huaud cases, are known to exist.Jean Pierre and Ami HuaudSons of Pierre Huaud I, partners from 1682 to 1688. They were appointed painters to the Court of Pruss
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-11-13
