Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...
Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002
Michael Hoffrichter, Auguste Vindelicorum (Augsburg), circa 1673.Very fine and important 20K gold and painted on enamel pre balance spring, single-hand pendant watch.
C. Two-body with curved-in edge, deep back decorated with a portrait of a seated lady in a "Spanish" dress, holding a fan, a park in the background, the band with four cartouches depicting rural landscapes, inside Venus in a chariot pulled by a pair of doves, with her son Cupid holding the reins. D. Gold, chased, large champlevé radial Roman numerals, half hour markers. Blued steel "arrow" hand. M. 31.5 mm., hinged, full plate, baluster pillars, fusee and chain, four-wheel train, verge escapemen, circular steel foliot, silver cock pierced and engraved in a symmetrical pattern, worm-wheel mainspring set-up.Signed on the movement.Diam. 37 mm.
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Case: 3 - 51 |
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Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 21 - 01 |