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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004
LOT 318
(Lazare) Jaquier a Geneve, circa 1700. Very fine gilt silver single hand Louis XIV oignon watch with central winding.
CHF 4,500 - 6,500
EUR 3,000 - 4,000 / USD 3,500 - 5,000
C. Double-body, polished. D. White enamel, radial bold Roman numerals, inner quarter hours. Single blued-steel hand. M. 45 mm, hinged gilt brass full plate with split Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring with rack and pinion regulator, gilt brass Louis XIV balance cock pierced and engraved with birds and foliage.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 57 mm.
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 - 11 |
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Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |
Notes
Lazare Jaquier the son of André, he is recorded in Colonges-sous-Ecluse, in the Valais Canton. He was a Master horologist who became ?habitant? in 1692. He is known for his ?oignon? watches in the French style Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.