Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 7
Faite en 1792 par Courvoisier et Houriet pour
CHF 3,500 - 3,800
Sold: CHF 3,680
Monsieur le Marquis d'Etampes. Rare large quarter repeating clockwatch with special escapement. Fine silver case, forme collier, by Gustave Mermillod No. 401, with reeded band and engine-turned back. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds (restoration and hair lines). GiIt brass dust cap. GiIt brass full plate double train movement, the back plate engraved with the dedication, with cylindrical pillars, the going train with fusee and chain, virgule escapement, continental cock with ruby end-stone. Striking train with going barrel (partly lacking) and indepenclent repeating work, striking and repeating on gongs. Diam. 63 mm.
