Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 13
Quarter-Repeating Oignon Pierre Rousseau a Paris. Made circa 1710. Very fine and very rare, quarter-repeating, Louis XIV, silver oignon watch.
CHF 5,500 - 7,500
USD 5,000 - 7,000 / EUR 3,500 - 4,700
Sold: CHF 5,040
C. Two-body, ?oignon?, the back decorated with concentric rings, pierced sound frets and engraved border, the bezel decorated with foliate strapwork, square hinge. D. Silver with large radial black champleve Roman numerals, lozenge half-hour divisions, inner quarter-hour ring, outer minute divisions with Arabic fiveminute numerals, winding aperture between 4 and 5. Blued steel beetle and poker hands. M. 50 mm, frosted gilt full plate, divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, click and pawl set-up, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance, pierced and chased cock decorated with symmetrical foliage and strapwork, Tompion-type regulator with gilt scale disc, fine pierced foliate feet, repeating with a single hammer on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant. Movement signed. Diam. 62 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-22 |
Good Later original |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |