Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 377
Tool Fountain Swiss. Made in the 20th century. Fine and very unusual, brass and steel sculpture inspired by a fountain, incorporating 9watchmaker?s hand tools. To be sold without reserve
CHF 4,500 - 6,500
USD 4,200 - 6,000 / EUR 2,800 - 4,000
Sold: CHF 9,000
Circular brass base with four bracket feet, six tools on the base, 5 brass rods issuing from the base and curving outwards, the ends of 3 rods mounted with a watchmaker?s hand tool, the central stem mounted with two callipers and surmounted with a crank wheel from a rounding-up tool geared with gut lines to two pulleys on the hand tools at the base. Dim. 52 x 29 cm. In good condition.
