Only Online Auction
Geneva, Jan 03, 2022
LOT 174
L’Epine
Decorative pocket watch, quarter-repeater; yellow gold and vari-colour gold
CHF 1,500 - 3,000
EUR 1,450 - 2,900 / USD 1,650 - 3,300 / HKD 12,700 - 25,300
Sold: CHF 1,875
Yellow gold and vari-colour gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Louis XVI” pocket watch, with one horological complication:
· Quarter-repeater à toc by one hammer on one bell
Case-back with, in the centre, a medallion with a young woman making an offering on the altar of Love.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; yellow gold “Louis XV” hands.
Movement 14’’’, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (probably gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-8-12 |
Good Slightly scratched Worn |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand L'Epine, probably Switzerland
Model apocryphal signature (not Jean-Antoine Lépine)
Year circa 1780
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. unnumbered
Material yellow gold and vari-colour gold
Caliber 14’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement
Dimensions 41.5 mm.
Weight 60.3 gr. (approx.)
Signature movement
Accessories horsehair and gilded metal chain
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS
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