Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...
Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004
LOT 337
"Au Beau Sauvage" Esquivillion & Dechoudens, circa 1820. Fine 18K gold quarter-repeating watch with automaton Jacks.
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
EUR 3,200 - 4,400 / USD 3,900 - 5,500
Sold: CHF 7,130
C. Three-body, "Empire" with reeded band, plain polished back. Gilt spring-loaded cuvette.D. Small white enamel minute ring, inner white enamel cartouche with Breguet numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands. Gold dial plate with applied multicolored gilt silver automaton Jacks of Blackamoore type, striking hours and quarters on two bells suspended from the canopy of a palm, a lion and a lioness beneath.M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring, Gilt brass continental cock. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Cuvette and movement signed.Diam. 55 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 14 - 03 |