Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 450

Daniel de Saint Leu, Watchmaker to Her Majesty, London, No. 2794, made for the Islamic Market, circa 1800. Fine 18K gold triple-cased, quarter striking clock watch.

C. Outer double body, tortoiseshell covered the back with floral pique work decoration. Second double body Louis XVI, engraved with flowers within a repousse rocaille decoration, bezel and border pierced and engraved witth foliage. Inner double body, bassine, the back pierced and engraved with foliage and engraved with flowers. D. Gold champleve with Turkish numerals. Blued steel "poker and beetle " hands. M. Gilt brass full plate double train, with turned pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-armed balance, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, Diamond end-stone. Striking train with fixed gilt brass barrels and revolving arbor. Striking on a bell with strikesilent selection lever on the bezel. Gilt brass dust cap. Signed on the dial, dust cap and back plate. Diam. 66 mm.