Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 383

Hubert a la Rochelle, circa 1715. Fine silver, quarter repeating Louis XIV "oignon" with mock pendulum.

C. Double body "oignon" , bezel and back engraved with inhabited foliage, lambrequins and interlaces decoration. D. White enamel "a bosses " with Roman numerals. Blued steel hands. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance spring, fine gilt-brass Louis XIV cock with pendulum aperture, engraved with foliage, birds and lambrequinsl. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 59 mm.