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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001
LOT 607
The StarMoricand & Comp., Geneva, No. 17996, circa 1790.Fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set watch.
CHF 9,000 - 12,000
USD 5,500 - 7,300
C. Double-body, "Directoire", split pearl-set bezels, the blue enameled back panel centered with a split pearl-inlaid rosette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gold pierced hands. M. 43,6 mm, hinged gilt brass, Hessen flat caliber with going barrel, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance-spring.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 54 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |
Notes
This watch is published in the Ruscitti book, as no. 55.Moricand & Co.This company, which succeeded to Moricand et Benjamin et Delisle, was founded circa 1780, after the deaths of the partners Delisle and Benjamin. It is known for watches with special escapements, complicated automata watches, and watches with repetition, alarm, equation of time, and fantasy and enamel watches.Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.