23,600 CHF
“Gold Clockwatch for the Islamic Market” Dan(ie)l de St. Leu, Ser(van)t to Her Majesty, London, No. 2794. Made for the Islamic Market, circa 1800. Very fine and very rare, 18K gold, triple-cased, quarter striking two-train clock watch. Outer: Two-body, tortoiseshell-covered, the back with gold floral piqué work decoration, the bezel with sound-holes. Second: Two-body “bassine”, master mark “TB”, finely engraved with flowers within three repousse scroll cartouches, the border and bezel finely pierced and engraved with foliate scrolls. Inner: Two-body, “bassine”, master mark “HB”, the back pierced and engraved with foliage and engraved with flowers. Gilt brass dust cap. Gold champlevé with Islamic numerals, outer minute track and Islamic five-minute numerals. Blued steel "beetle and poker" hands. 38 mm., gilt brass, full plate, two-train, with turned pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-armed balance, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, diamond endstone, silver regulation disc, striking train with fixed gilt brass barrels and revolving arbor, striking on a bell (signed Drury), with strike/silent selection lever protruding under the bezel. Dial, dust cap and movement signed. Diam. 66 mm. Property of a Swiss Collector Notes The prestigious watches made by Daniel de St. Leu for the Islamic market are usually either quarter-repeating or quarter-striking. Daniel De St. Leu This very fine maker succeeded Rivers & Son to the p
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
