7,500 CHF
Guinand, Silver Oignon Guinand a la Neuveville. Made circa 1690. Fine, silver, Louis XIV single-hand oignon watch wound through the centre. Double-body, silver, back and bezel lightly cast and chased with flowers and foliate strapwork, square hinge, loose ring pendant. Silver, with radial Roman numerals and half and quarterhour divisions, foliate center. Blued-steel hand. 42 mm, hinged gilt brass full-plate with divided Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance spring, fine gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and a central mask, the upper edge with Arabic regulator scale with steel lever. Movement signed. Diam. 55 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
