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Geneva, May 10, 2009
LOT 115
Quarter Repeating Du Pont a Geneve, No. 3910. Made circa 1780. Fine and rare, quarter-repeating, multicoloured gold pocket watch.
CHF 3,500 - 4,500
USD 3,000 - 4,000 / EUR 2,300 - 3,000
C. Two-body, Louis XVI, the back decorated with a multicolored gold scene of two doves on the altar in the temple of love, outer border decorated with a repeat laurel leaf pattern, bezel decorated to match. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions and Arabic fifteen-minute numerals, secured by a screw. Silver and paste-set pierced hands. M. 37 mm., matte gilt full plate, tapered cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental balance cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial, repeating on a bell activated by depressing the pendant. Diam. 48 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-24-01 |
Good Slightly chipped HANDS Original |
Notes
Worked in Geneva between 1770 and 1790.