Geneva, May 15, 2023
LOT 333
THE FISHERMAN
CHF 20,000 - 40,000
EUR 20,400 - 40,700 / USD 22,600 - 45,100 / HKD 178,000 - 354,000
Sold: CHF 22,500
Very fine and rare 18K gold, quarter repeating watch with varicoloured Jacks and enamelled automaton scene.
Enamel dial plate, painted with a Swiss landscape, applied on the foreground with varicoloured gold automaton water wheel and a fisherman by a stream, two cherub Jacks above the dial, strike hours and quarters on two bells. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant, the repeating train driving the automata by means of cams and levers.
Enamel dial plate, painted with a Swiss landscape, applied on the foreground with varicoloured gold automaton water wheel and a fisherman by a stream, two cherub Jacks above the dial, strike hours and quarters on two bells. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant, the repeating train driving the automata by means of cams and levers.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-24-01 |
Good Slightly chipped HANDS Original |
Brand Ilbery London, Switzerland
Year Circa 1810
Movement No. 1487
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 56 mm.
Caliber 21''', hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator.
Signature Movement