Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 10, 1994
LOT 133
J. Rossel & De Lacour, rue de La Paix, Paris, circa 1890. Fine gilt brass, eight-day going, quarter-repeating "grande et petite sonnerie" quarter repeating carriage clock with alarm, presented by Alphonse XIII, King of Spain, to Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, the most celebrated Spanish Impressioniste painter, in original travelling fitted box set with a gilt brass medaillon chased with the coat of arms of the Spanish Royal Family in a silver frame engraved: "Soy de Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida".
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 9,200
C. Gilt brass, "Gorge", glazed on five faces. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, subsidiary dials, for alarm setting, days of the week and dates. Blued-steel Breguet hands. Gilt brass engine-turned dial-plate engraved: " Soy de Joaquin Sorollay Bastida". M. Brass, rectangularwith going barrels both on the going and the striking train, platform escapement with lateral lever escapement, bimetallic balance, blued-steel flat balance spring. Striking repeating and alarm on gongs with button on the top and grande sonnerie/petite sonnerie/silent optional lever in the base. In very good condition. Dim. 14 x 9,5 x 8,5 cm. excluding the handle.
