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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 516

Charles Champion A Paris, circa 1690. Very fine, leather-covered, gold studded, gilt brass single-hand oignon watch with mock pendulum, wound through the center.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 3,800 - 5,000 / USD 4,700 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 6,325

C. Two-body, oignon, leather-clad with graduated gold studs both on the back and the bezel.D. Silver, bold cham-plevéRoman numerals, inner quarter-hour ring, center chased and engraved with exotic birds and foliage.M. 48mm, hinged, gilt full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with steel balance and shortbalance spring, large cock chased and engraved with inhabited foliage with sectorial aperture for the mock pen-dulum.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 60 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3 - 14
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 1 0 - 01

Notes

Charles Champion Came from a long-established watchmaking family, which lasted for at least three generations. The Champion, along with the Balthazar, Baillon, Fardoil, Martinot, and Raillard families, were the longest-lasting watchmaking families in French horological history.