20,060 CHF
“Russian Coach Watch” Peter Nordsteen à Moscou, No. 881. Made circa 1785. Very fine and extremely rare , large, silver, quarter repeating coach watch with alarm and date. To be sold without reserve Two-body, entirely finely engraved, the back with four cartouches with masks and foliage, the centre with geometrically engraved rotating disc which covers the winding apertures, edges and bezels pierced and engraved in a geometrical pattern. 78 mm, hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, continental cock pierced and engraved in a delicate symmetrical pattern, ruby endstone, pull quarter repeater striking on bell, alarm with fixed barrel.Movement signed. Diam. 123 mm. Property of a Swiss Gentleman Notes Peter Nordsteen Recorded as having worked in St Petersburg in 1760, in Stockholm in 1764 and in Moscow around 1785. Provenance: The Sandberg Watch Collection The present watch is published in the book of the collection of Lord Sandberg, page 254-255. Sold by Antiquorum, Geneva,”The Sandberg Watch Collection”, March 31, 2001, Lot 31.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
