Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2025

LOT 170

FRERES ESQUILLON & DE CHOUDENS, SWITZERLAND, BLIND MAN'S BLUFF, QUARTER REPEATER, 18K YELLOW GOLD

CHF 3,000 - 6,000

HKD 29,200 - 59,000 / USD 3,800 - 7,500 / EUR 3,300 - 6,500 / JPY 570,000 - 1,140,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

A fine 18k gold and enamel, pearl-set, manual wind open face, quarter repeater pocket watch. The back enamel panel depicting three young children playing blind man's bluff in a countryside.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3-8*

Good

Slightly scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-72-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Chipped winding aperture

HANDS Original

Brand Freres Esquillon & De Choudens, Switzerland

Model blind man's bluff

Year Circa 1800

Movement No. 73507

Diameter 47 mm.

Caliber 35mm., hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant.

Signature Dial and movement