Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 452
Dufour, Fol & Cie. à Genève, No. 2016, circa 1800. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel paste-set watch, with glazed gilt brass protecting case.
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
C. Double body, Directoire, with blue enamelled pasteset bezels, the back enamelled in a cartouche with a painted lake side fort, surrounded by a complex architectural design paillonné and partly inlaid with simulated marbIe and aventurine inclusions, with applied paste decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. GiIt brass full plate, with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.
