Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1993
LOT 161
Tomaso Cleck à Genova, circa 1640. Fine gilt bronze clockwatch.
CHF 14,000 - 18,000
C. Double body, bassine with split bezel, fully pierced and engraved with a floral decoration. D. Silver with Roman numerals, engraved with a small landscape, a pound with swans on the foreground, a church on the back. Blued steel single hand. M. Hinged glit brass full plate with turned urn pillars, fusee with gut-line, verge escapement with plain brass balance without spring, irregular oval pierced and florally engraved balance cock, the ratchet wheel set-up with matching cock and blued steel wheel. Hour striking train with a gilt brass pierced and engraved fixed barrel, the locking plate with a gilt brass florally pierced and engraved cock. Striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 70 mm.
