Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 11, 1992
LOT 549
Daniel Gom à Lyon, circa 1650. Fine early silver watch in form of a pupkin.
CHF 12,000 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 14,950
C. Double body, bassine with split bezel, winding shutter and loose-ring pendant, chased and engraved with alternate engine-turned sectors. D. Silver with Roman numerals on a polished chapter, the center florally engraved. Single blued steel hand. M. GiIt brass, full plate with amphore pillars, three wheel train with fusee and gut line, ratchet wheel set-up, gilt brass florally pierced and engraved decoration, verge escapement with plain steel balance without balance spring, florally pierced and engraved oval gilt brass cock, secured by a screw. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 43mm.
