The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 19

Allegory of AutumnAndré pinxit, 1716, movement by Pieter Klock, Amsterdam, circa 1725.Fine and very rare gilt metal and enamelled copper watch with date.

CHF 14,000 - 18,000

USD 8,500 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 18,400

C. Two-body, 'bassine', the back very finely painted with an Allegory of Autumn depicting Ariadne and Bacchus, from an engraving by Nicholas Dauphin de Beauvais (1687-1763) after Pierre-Jacques Cazes (1676-1754). The band painted with continuous lakeside scenes, the enamel inside the case with a lake, a folly, and a traveller, painted en camaieu de rose after an engraving by Gabriel Perelle (1603-1677). D. Silver, champlevé, with Roman chapters and half-hour indications, outer minute ring with fve-minute Arabic numerals. Blued-steel 'beetle and poker' hands. M. 41 mm o, hinged gilt brass full plate with elaborate pierced and engraved pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm counterpoise balance, two-footed cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, rack and pinion regulator.Signed on the dial and the back plate.Diam. 48 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, page 128-129.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 - 8 - 18
Movement: 4 - 5 - 8 - 29*
Dial: 4 - 6 - 04

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Ariadnewas the daughter of Minos, king of Crete. She was seduced by Theseus when he came to fight the Minotaur, and helped him to escape from the labyrinth by giving him a ball of string which he gradually unwound and followed to find his way back out. Ariadne left Crete with Theseus, but was abandoned by him at Naxos. The lonely Ariadne was discovered by Bacchus, who threw her crown into the skies, forming a new constellation, and then married her amid lavish celebrations.Klock Pieter (1665-1754).A famous Amsterdam maker, was also a paintings dealer. His name is found on Dutch scheepjesmechaniek (automaton seascape) clocks. He made a table clock with a seconds hand. He must have been well respected by his peers, as in 1716, he was asked by the City fathers to compile a list of the best watchmakers in Amsterdam.André Jean (1646-1717)a goldsmith and painter on enamel who specialised in the decoration of watch cases. He served his apprenticeship in 1661 with Pierre Huaud I, François Legare and Pierre Royaume, associated goldsmiths, and became Master in 1675. He himself had several apprentices, among them François Diodati in 1680 and François Lombard from 1687 to 1692. In 1704 André requested permission to open a school for drawing with his son David. There is a watch signed 'Jean André pinxit 1687' in the Louvre (inv. OA 1002).'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois', Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.