Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 26

Venus and Cupid Jaques Castanier (Genève), No. 9041. Made circa 1775. Fine, gold, painted on enamel and rose-cut diamond-set pendant watch.

CHF 3,500 - 4,500

USD 3,200 - 4,200 / EUR 2,200 - 2,800

C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, the back decorated with a painted on enamel scene of Venus and Cupid in a garden at the altar of love, blue and white enamel leaf border, bezel with engraved repeat pattern and set with rose-cut diamonds. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, outermost Arabic five-minute numerals. Pierced gold hands. M. 25 mm., matte gilt full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental balance cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-29-31

Good

Lacking elements

Transformations
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-28-01

Good

Replacements

HANDS Original

Notes

Jacques Castanier (also Castagner) A watchmaker recorded around 1760, he made repeating watches with repoussé and enameled cases. See: Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.
Literature: La Montre Française, Adolphe Chapiro, Les Editions de l?Amateur, 1991, p. 104, fig. 249.