Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 9
Jean Merlier a Paris. Made circa 1710. Fine, Louis XIV, gilt brass and leather oignon watch with two hands.
CHF 3,500 - 4,500
USD 3,200 - 4,200 / EUR 2,200 - 2,800
C. Two-body, ?oignon?, the back and bezel overlaid with leather, square hinge, loose ring pendant. D. White enamel with bold radial blue painted Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour ring, outer minute track with Arabic five-minute numerals, winding aperture at 3 o?clock. Blued steel poker hands. M. 48 mm, frosted gilt full plate, divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance, short balance spring, pierced and chased cock decorated with a cockerel and foliage, Tompion-type regulator with silver scale disc. Movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-19 |
Good Dent(s) |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-29-03 |
Good Lacking elements HANDS Period |
Notes
La Montre Française, Adolphe Chapiro, Les Editions de l?Amateur, 1991, p. 57, fig 121a & 121b.