Only Online Auction
Geneva, Dec 08, 2022
LOT 133
HUBERT SARTON, LARGE QUARTER STRIKING COACH WATCH WITH ALARM, SILVER
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
EUR 3,100 - 5,100 / USD 3,200 - 5,300 / HKD 24,900 - 41,400TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 6,250
Fine and rare, silver cased quarter striking and repeating coach watch with alarm. Outer silver pair case.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-6 |
Good Slightly oxidized |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-71-75-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Slightly restored soft enamel HANDS Original |
Brand Hubert Sarton à Liège, Belgium
Model Coach watch
Year 1790
Material Silver
Diameter 110 mm.
Caliber 87 mm, frosted gilt, full plate, turned pillars, fusee with chain, spring barrels for the striking and alarm trains, polished steel hammers, verge escapement, brass three-arm balance, blued steel balance-spring, pierced and chased continental type balance cock
Signature Dial and movement
Notes
Hubert Sarton was born in Paris in 1748. Around 1772 he became a pupil of J. Le Roy. Sarton settled in Liège, where he died in 1828, at the age of 80. In 1782, he published a "Description de plusieurs pièces d'horlogerie". He made clocks with carillon, regulator escapements with compensation, clocks with decimal indications, self-winding watches, etc.
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS.
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