Geneva, May 12, 2024

LOT 363

ALLIEZ BACHELARD & TEROND FILS, SWITZERLAND / GENEVA, MADE FOR THE TURKISH MARKET, PAINTED ON ENAMEL, QUATER REPEATER AND MUSIC PLAYING ON THE HOUR OR AT WILL, 18K YELLOW GOLD

CHF 20,000 - 3,000

HKD 174,000 - 26,000 / USD 22,200 - 3,400 / EUR 20,400 - 3,100

A very fine and rare, 18k gold, manual wind open-face, key-winding pocket watch, quarter repeater on two steel gongs (activated by depressing the pendant), musical movement playing on the hour or at will. Decorated with polychrome champlevé enamel and a central painted bouquet of flowers on a blue background, lever at 1 o'clock for the melody silence.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2-8-24

Very good

Slightly scratched

Slightly chipped
Movement: 3-8*

Good

Slightly scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Brand Alliez Bachelard & Terond Fils, Switzerland / Geneva

Year Circa 1835

Diameter 57 mm.

Caliber 22''', matte gilt, half-plate, spring barrel for the going train, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance, flat balance spring, polished steel endpiece, index regulator, repeating on blued steel gongs activated by depressing the pendant, polished steel repeating work on the backplate, large barrel for the musical train with fi nely foliate engraved upper surface, polished steel stopwork, sur-plateau brass musical disc pinned on both sides, 22 individual tuned steel teeth playing on both sides of the disc

Signature Case

Notes

In partnership from 1820 to around 1845, the company adopted the name Alliez, Bachelard et Terond Fils around 1828 and, in 1829, petitioned alongside others for the establishment of a new observatory. Alliez, Bachelard et Terond Fils specialized in watches with Champlevé enamel, enamel paintings, musical watches, repeaters, and skeletonized watches, both in full plate and Lepine caliber. They also manufactured watches for the Italian, French, and Spanish markets.