Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Tokyo, Dec 15, 1989
LOT 378
F.Roi Courvoisier & Cie., circa 1800. Fine 18 ct. gold quarter repeating skeleton watch with a special escapement.
JPY 1,100,000 - 1,400,000
USD 8,000 - 10,000
Three body "Directoire" polished case with a reeded band. Gilt brass glazed cuvette. White enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. Very fine gilt brass, fully skeletonized movement with a gold train of wheels, a going barrel, a virgule escapement with a steel escape wheel, a plain three armed gold balance, a polished steel cock and a ruby endstone. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant with a very fine polished steel work. Signed on the dial and on the movement. In very good condition. Diam.: 62 mm.
