Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 376
Etienne Le Noir à Paris No 2251, circa 1745. Very fine 20 ct gold quarter dumb repeating watch.
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 8,050
Double body "Louis XV" case, engraved overall in a basket work pattem. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Louis XV hands. Fine gilt brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with a plain polished steel three armed balance, a continental Louis XV cock and a diamond endstone. Repeating on the case by means of the depressing pendant. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 47 mm.
