Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 212
Henry Colomby à Huninguen, Swiss, circa 1690. Fine and rare early balance spring alarum, calendar watch without fusee.
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
C. Double body, bassine, the edge of the back pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and masks. D. Silver champleve, with Roman numerals, outer Arabic calendar ring and inner gilt brass revolving alarum setting disc. Blued steel single hand. M. Hinged, frosted and gilt, with amphora pillars, both the going and the alarm trains with fixed barrels, pierced and engraved with scrolls of foliage. verge escapement, plain steel three armed balance, flat balance spring and gilt brass small continental cock. Striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 48 mm.
