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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 300

?Gold Clockwatch for the Islamic Market? Dan(ie)l de St. Leu, Ser(van)t to Her Majesty, London, No. 2794. Made for the Islamic Market, circa 1800. Very fine and very rare, 18K gold, triple-cased, quarter striking two-train clock watch.

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000 / USD 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 23,600

C. Outer: Two-body, tortoiseshell-covered, the back with gold floral piqué work decoration, the bezel with sound-holes. Second: Two-body ?bassine?, master mark ?TB?, finely engraved with flowers within three repousse scroll cartouches, the border and bezel finely pierced and engraved with foliate scrolls. Inner: Two-body, ?bassine?, master mark ?HB?, the back pierced and engraved with foliage and engraved with flowers. Gilt brass dust cap. D. Gold champlevé with Islamic numerals, outer minute track and Islamic five-minute numerals. Blued steel "beetle and poker" hands. M. 38 mm., gilt brass, full plate, two-train, with turned pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-armed balance, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, diamond endstone, silver regulation disc, striking train with fixed gilt brass barrels and revolving arbor, striking on a bell (signed Drury), with strike/silent selection lever protruding under the bezel. Dial, dust cap and movement signed. Diam. 66 mm. Property of a Swiss Collector


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The prestigious watches made by Daniel de St. Leu for the Islamic market are usually either quarter-repeating or quarter-striking. Daniel De St. Leu This very fine maker succeeded Rivers & Son to the post of Maker to the Queen (Charlotte) in 1765. Queen Charlotte was the Queen consort of King George III. ?Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.