The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 18

The TemptationGille de Beefe a Liège, circa 1730.Very fine and unusual double-sided gilt metal and enamel Adam and Eve animated watch.

C. Two-body, glazed on both sides, polished bezels. On the back, framed by an engraved gilt band, there is a circular enamel plaque with a painted scene depicting Adam end Eve in the Garden of Eden, surrounded by animals, with the Tree of Knowledge in the centre. The silver snake revolves around the enamelled scene, pursuing and tempting Adam and Eve, making one revolution of the dial per hour. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute ring with five minute Arabic numerals. Aperture for theegulator at 6 o'clock. Gold 'beetle and poker' hands. M. 39.2 mm o, hinged gilt brass full plate with baluster pillars, square at the bottom and circular at the top, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance with flat balance spring, mounted under the dial plate, plain bar-type double-footed cock.The snake is mounted on a gear driven by the main train.Signed on the frame of the painting.Diam. 50 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, page 132-133.