Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003

LOT 2

Johann Heckel, Warshaus, circa 1750. Fine silver pair-cased pull-wind quarter-repeating coach watch with an alarm.

CHF 16,000 - 20,000

EUR 11,000 - 14,000 / USD 12,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 28,750

C. Outer: double-body, leather-covered with sound holes. Inner: double-body, pierced, center with small engraved rosette, bezel pierced, swivel pendant, loose ring. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer Arabic minutes, inner white enamel alarm ring, aperture at 3 for alarm setting. Gold ?Louis XIV? hands. M. Gilded, full-plate, verge escapement, plain three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, continental cock pierced and chased in elaborate floral decoration, diamond endstone, repeating and alarm trains with fixed engraved barrels, striking and alarm on bell. Signed on the movement. Diam. 123 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 14- 23- 01

Notes

Johann Heckel, a Polish clockmaker working in Warsaw from circa 1745. A similar clock by Heckel is in the collection of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków.