Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 471
Ilbery, London, No. 6306, made for the Chinese market, circa 1810. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel center seconds watch, painted in the manner of Richter, with special escapement.
CHF 50,000 - 60,000
Sold: CHF 43,700
C. Double body, the fixed bezel, pendant and bow, with champleve enamelled decoration, a fine pastoral scene of domestic life, with a man, in front of a horse, thrashing is young son, white his young daughter strives to refrain him. Gold hinged cuvette with engraved decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold pierced hands. M. 22-, bluecl steel, Chinese caliber with free standing barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, three armed steel balance with three trapezôidal weights and screws, flat balance spring and diamond end-stone. Signed on the inner side of the cuvette.. In very good condition. Diam. 60 mm.
