34,500 HKD
Jean Hubert A Toulouse. Made circa 1690. Fine gilt metal and silver Louis XIV single- hand “oignon” watch wound through the centre. Double-body, silver overlaid, back and bezel lightly engravedwith flowers and foliage. Silver, with radial Roman numeralsand half and quarter-hour divisions. Blued-steel hand. 43.3 mm, hinged gilt brass full plate with turned baluster pillars,fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-armbalance, short flat balance spring, fine gilt brass cock piercedand engraved with inhabited foliage, rack and pinion regulator.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 53 mm. Notes The present watch was previously sold in the Lord Sandberg sale, March 31, 2001, lot 15, and is published in the Lord Sandberg book, pages 106-107.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10
