Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 11, 1992
LOT 321
Francois Jolly, A Paris, No.272, circa 1750. Exceptional 20ct. gold enamel and moss agate à toc quarter-repeating watch with matching chatelaine, key and seal.
CHF 35,000 - 45,000
Sold: CHF 50,600
C.Two body, engraved with a matted and graduated trellis pattern, and enamelled in high relief basse-taille technique with foliage and in ronde-bosse with multicoloured flowers, the back inset with oval panels of moss agate. All gold chatelaine, the clip suspending four plaques and all decorated in the same techniques, with original key and seal engraved with a coat-of arms.D. White enamel,Roman hour and Arabic minute numerals. Winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Pierced gold Louis XV hands. M. GiIt full plate, fusee with chain, verge escapement with Leroy's depthing adjustment, plain steel balance, flat spring. Foliage pierced and engraved continental cock with steel endpiece. Dumb quarterrepeating on blocks by depressing the pendant. Signed on the dial and movement. In very good condition. Dims. 46 mm.,158 mm. overall length.
