Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 25, 1993
LOT 340
Bretonneau à Paris, circa 1785. Very fine early silver watch with alarm.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 5,750
C. Double body bassine with split engraved bezel, fully pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage D. Silver champleve with Roman numerals, inner silver Arabic revolving alarm setting disc, engraved with scrolls of foliage. Later single hand and pointer. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with elaborated pierced gilt brass pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass Continental cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Alarm striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. In good condition, in a later English outer case. Diam. 51 mm.
