Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...
Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004
LOT 235
(Nicolas) Du Quesne, Paris, circa 1720. Fine gilt brass single-hand oignon watch.
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 2,500 / USD 2,300 - 3,100
Sold: CHF 4,370
C. Two-body, back chiseled and engraved with the scene of an Oriental lady in a garden, foliate border and bezel.D. Blue radial Roman chapter on white enamel cartouches set on gilt brass engraved plate, inner enamel quarter-hour ring. Blued steel "tulip" hand.M. 44 mm, frosted gilt full plate, Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, 3-arm steel balance, silver cock, Tompion-type regulator with silver scale disc.Signed on the movement.Diam. 56 mm.
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Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 - 14 |
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Movement: 3 - 5* |
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Dial: 3-12-29-05 |
Good Worn Lacking elements HANDS Luminous material reapplied |
Notes
Nicolas Duquesne Is listed in 1713 at Abbaye Saint-Germain des Prés, in 1715 at Rue de la Comédie Française. He was married first in 1716, and a second time in 1728. He is recorded later at rue des Grands Augustins, and at Rue Dauphine. He died around 1733.