Geneva, Nov 07, 2021

LOT 344

FATHER OF TIME

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

HKD 33,800 - 51,000 / USD 4,400 - 6,600 / EUR 3,800 - 5,600

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 8,125

Rare and unusual, 18K gold, quarter repeating automaton pocket watch. Eccentric dial, engine-turned gold, with Breguet numerals on enamel cartouches, outer chased cornucopias. On a large aperture above the dial a three colored gold Father of Time is sitting against a blued steel ground. Driven by the repeating train, two Cupids suddenly appear, to strike hours and quarters on his two scythes.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-03

Good

HANDS Period

Brand Berthoud

Year Circa 1820

Movement No. 18226

Case No. 9127

Diameter 56 mm

Caliber 19’’’, Frosted and gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-armed balance, flat balance spring, giIt brass continental cock and polished steel end-piece. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.

Signature Movement, Case numbered