Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 192

P. Dubois, Poitiers, France, circa 1690.Fine and rare, large, silver single-hand ?oignon? watch with alarm.

C. two-body, ?bassine? with deep back, pierced and engraved band, split bezel, polished back, loose ring pendant, pronounced squarehinge. D. silver with large radial Roman numerals chapters, half hour divisions, inner revolving alarm disc with Arabic numerals andsteel hour pointer. Single steel alarm-setting hand. M. 45 mm. ø, hinged, gilt brass, full plate with "Egyptian" pillars, fusee and chain,verge escapement with large steel balance spring,Louis XIV balance cock, pierced and engraved with foliage and birds, Tompion-type rack and pinion regulator, alarm with fixed piercedand engraved barrel, single hammer striking a bell fixed inside the case.Movement signed.Diam. 56 mm.