Sold for:
10,620 CHF
10,620 CHF
"Roman Gods" Louis Robert à Genève, No. 7451. Made circa 1820. Fine, quarter-repeating, silver pocket watch with striking automaton Jacks. Three-body, "Empire", engine-turned. Gilt-metal cuvette fixed to the movement ring. Small white enamel, set in the center with Breguet numerals and outer minute divisions, set on royal blue enamel ground fitted with animated varicolored gold Jacks in Roman costume appearing to strike the hours and quarters, a lion on a grassy bank below.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
