7,475 CHF
“The Pearl Star” Moricand & Compagnie, Geneva, circa 1785. Fine and elegant, 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set pocket watch. Double-body, "Directoire", split pearl-set bezels, the blue guilloché enameled back panel centered with a split pearl-inlaid rosette. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer dot minute markers and Arabic quarter hour numerals. Elaborate gold pierced hands. 43.6 mm., hinged gilt brass, Hessen flat caliber with going barrel, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 54 mm. Notes Moricand et Compagnie Active circa 1780-1791, they are known for watches with special escapements with complicated automata, date, repeating, alarm, and equation of time, as well as fantasy and enameled watches. "Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-11-13
