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Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003
LOT 468
The Barrel MakerUnsigned, Swiss, circa 1810.Very fine 18K gold and painted on enamel quarter-repeating double-faced watch with automaton.
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 21,000 - 28,000 / USD 22,000 - 30,000
Sold: CHF 34,500
C. Two-body, glazed, polished with faceted bezels. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding apertures for going train and automaton. Blued steel Breguet hands. The other side: applied gold and silver scene with a barrel-maker, his assistant hammering, a customer leaving the shop in a carriage, a fountain running nearby, the whole animated, over a finely painted on enamel ground depicting an Alpine scene with a lake. M. 46.7 mm. (21''')frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, double-footed simple cock. Diam. 54 mm.
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
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Movement: 3* |
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Dial: 3 - 14 - 01 |