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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 589

Nourry A Lion (Lyon), France, circa 1690. Very fine and rare silver pair-cased single-hand hour-striking clockwatch with alarm.

CHF 3,500 - 5,500

EUR 2,200 - 3,500 / USD 2,700 - 4,300

Sold: CHF 5,750

C. Outer: two-body, back chased and engraved with inhabitedfoliage, band pierced and engraved with exotic birds and styl-izedfoliage, the bezel pierced and engraved with inhabitedfoliage. Inner: two-body, "bassine" with deep back, the backengraved with small rosette, the band pierced and engravedwith inhabited foliage, winding apertures in the back.D. Silverring, bold champlevé radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hourring, central silver alarm disc with Arabic numerals andsteel arrowhead pointer indicating hours, blued steel "fleur-de-lis"alarm setting hand.M. 42 mm, hinged, gilt full plate withturned baluster pillars, fusee and chain, short 3-wheel train with5-leaf pinions, verge escapement with brass balance and shortbalance spring, single-footed cock pierced and engraved withscrolling, alarm with fixed barrel and steel train, striking on abell with both sides of short


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 - 14 -22

Later original
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

This is a rare example of a complicated watch with a balance spring, which had been invented about ten years before. For a note on the Nourry family see lot 464.