Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Geneva, Apr 20, 1996
LOT 209
Ls. Duchene & Fils, No. 72209, circa 1820. Fine 18 ct. gold, quarter repeating watch.
CHF 2,000 - 2,500
Sold: CHF 2,300
C. Three body, Empire, polished with reeded band. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals (hair line). Blued steel "poker" hands with polished skeletonise tips. M. Gilt brass, full plate with cylindrical pillars, the fusee and the barrel passing through the back plate secured by a large engine-turned half-moon bridge, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass skeletonised half moon cock with polished steel end-piece. In very good condition. Signed on the dial, cuvette and back plate. Diam. 54 mm.
