Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 14

Silver Balance Cock Bichon a Moulin. Made circa 1785. Fine and rare, silver pocket watch with silver balance cock.

CHF 2,800 - 3,800

USD 2,600 - 3,500 / EUR 1,800 - 2,400

C. Two-body, ?bassine?, polished. D.White enamel with radial Roman numerals, inner half-hour markers, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals. Gold Louis XVI hands. M. 35 mm., matte gilt, baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm balance, flat balance spring, pierced and foliate chased silver continental type balance cock with polished steel end-piece and faceted endstone, large silver regulation dial with radial Roman numerals. Movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-10

Good

Patinated

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 4-24-07

Fair

Slightly chipped

HANDS Replaced

Notes

Louis Bichon A watchmaker and merchant in Moulins, 1785-1806.