Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 341
Lépine à Paris, No. 1569, circa 1775. Extraordinary 18 ct. gold, enamel and ivory watch with passing automatons.
CHF 17,000 - 20,000
C. Double body, Louis XVI, glazed on either side, the bezels chased with formai decoration, the back of blue enamel applied with a miniature ivory lakeside landscape with a ruin on the left side, chased in high relief, shepherd with lambs on the foreground, a vessel, a rider and dogs running after a red-deer, on the back. D. Blue enamel, decorated with a small ivory carved hunting scene within a split-pearl frame, passing automaton hunting scene visible through a small circular aperture. The small eccentric white enamel chapter with Breguet numerals. Gold Breguet hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, going barrel, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel endpiece. Signed on the dial and back plate. In good condition. Diam. 50 mm.
