Sold for:
5,750 CHF
5,750 CHF
Duchesne, A Paris, circa 1740. Very fine and rare large silver pair-cased quarter-repeating watch. Outer (protective): silver and brass, leather-covered, silver studs, inner: two-body, "oignon" type, repoussé with a mythological scene, four cartouches with scenes of animals, pierced for sound. 45 mm., hinged, gilt full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel balance with flat balance spring, coninental cock, pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, repeating on bell by depressing the pendant.Signed on the movement.Diam. 66 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-11-16
