Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 226
Etienne Mugnier, rue des Petits Champs à Paris, No. 592, circa 1789. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel watch with special escapement.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
C. Double body, with fixed bezel and invisible hinge, in the manner of Lépine, bezels and back of blue translucent enamel over engine turning, the back centered with an escutcheon. GiIt brass hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gold hands. M. Gilt brass, Lepine caliber with free standing barrel, virgule escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring and polished steel endpiece. Signed on the dial and the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 47 mm.
