Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 30
Skeletonized (Jean) Arthur, (Paris). Made circa 1760. Very fine, gold skeletonized pocket watch with cylinder escapement.
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
USD 4,600 - 6,500 / EUR 3,200 - 4,400
Sold: CHF 4,680
C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, glazed on both sides, band engraved with a repeated anthemion pattern. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic numerals. Gold Louis XV hands.M. 36 mm, hinged, frosted and engraved gilt skeletonized plate with cylindrical, fusee and chain, the barrel skeletonized, cylinder escapement, fine large three-arm gold balance with perpendicular amplitude limiting pin on the rim, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator on the edge, triangular single-footed solid engraved cock. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 5-29-01 |
Poor Lacking elements HANDS Original |
Notes
Literature: La Montre Française, Adolphe Chapiro, Les Editions de l?Amateur, 1991, pp. 160 & 164, fig. 344, 345, 346.