Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 53

After the Hunt. Charles DU TERTRE, A Paris, No. 806, hallmarked 1776. Fine and very thin, 20K gold and painted on enamel, diamond-set pocket watch.

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,300 - 1,900

Sold: CHF 3,220

C. Two-body, by master casemaker Pierre-Louis Foulle, "Louis XVI", back painted on enamel and geometrically engraved, depicting a hunter offering trophies to a lady, bezels decorated with enamel flower wreath, diamond-set pendant. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Brass "sun" hands. M. 34 mm., hinged, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Signed on dial and movement, case punched with Foulle's trademark.Diam. 41 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3 - 8 - 15
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 6 - 19 - 05

Notes

Nicolas-Charles Dutertre (1715 - 1793).Came from a well-established Parisian clockmaking family. His father was an eminent watch and clockmaker who in 1724 presented an equation watch to the Academy, and four years later a double pendulum clock. Nicolas-Charles received his training from his father and by 1739 was received into the Guild. He became a very well-known and prolific watchmaker. Among his clients were M. Taupin de Magnytot, the Duke of Luxemburg and the Duke of Penthièvre. Literature: "Les Ouvriers du Temps", Jean-Dominique Augarde, Editions Antiquorum, Geneva, 1996.