Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Milan, Palazzo Dei Giureconsulti, Mar 29, 1993
LOT 98
Les Frères Bourne à Ferney, circa 1780. Fine 18 ct. gold paste-set watch.
ITL 5,000 - 5,500
USD 3,350 - 3,700
Sold: ITL 6,900
C. Double body, Louis XVI, with paste-set bezel, pendant and bow, the back with engraved decoration applied with a fine pierced paste-set floral rosette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring . Paste-set Louis XVI hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 40 mm.
Notes
According to Ferney-Voltaire, pages d'histoire, published
by the Cercle d'études Ferneysiennes, Académie Candide,
page 247, Boume, Just or Jude, was born at
Choronche in Dauphiné, he was active in Ferney from
1772 to 1789. He had a house specially built for him in
1776. No other watches, bearing this signature are
recorded in the book.
Interessante orologio da tasca, in oro 18K e pietre.