126,000 HKD
Diamond Stars L'Epine, Hger du Roy, a Paris, No. 3891. Made in the 1760’s. Very fine and very rare, quarter-repeating, 20K gold, enamel and rose-cut diamond-set pendant watch with a tact option and the original 20K gold, enamel and rose-cut diamond-set chatelaine. Accompanied by the original fitted red morocco case. Two-body, “Louis XV”, chased bezel and border with a repeated pattern, bezel set with rose-cut diamonds, the back decorated with translucent red guilloche enamel and white enamel star pattern, the center with an applied rose-cut diamondset star, chased border with green enamel leaves and rose-cut diamond-set flowers, rose-cut diamond-set thumb-piece. Chatelaine (mastermark M&P) decorated to match the watch. White enamel with radial Roman numerals intersected by rose-cut diamond-set half-hour indexes, outer dot minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals. Rose-cut diamond-set silver Louis XV hands. 29 mm., frosted gilt, full plate, conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with three-arm brass balance and flat balance spring, continental pierced foliate balance cock with steel endplate, silver regulator dial, repeating on a bell in the back of the case, levers under the bezel for a tact or bell strike option and silence. Dial and movement signed. Chatelaine with French gold marks. Diam. 38 mm. Notes Jean-Antoine Lépine (1720-1814). Was born at Challex, a small village a few kilometers north of Geneva. He went to Paris in 1744. A workman for An
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-08