Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997
LOT 507
De Couigny a Paris, circa 1780. Very fine gilt bronze eight day going, quarter repeating, hour and half hour striking Louis XVI wall cartel.
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 9,775
C. Gilt bronze, decorated with goats " heads and the skin of a tiger, its head below the dial, an urn at the top. D. White enamel with Roman numerals.Gilt brass hands. M. Earlier, brass rectangular with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, going train with anchor escapement, small pendulum with silk suspension. Pull wind repeating and striking on a bell with count wheel on the back plate. Signed on the back plate. Dim. 78 x 37 cm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 25-51 |
Chipped Partially reprinted |
Notes
This clock was completed with a very fine earlier movement, as it
often happens on clocks of this period, and particularly those in
which the movement is not visible.