Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 488

Jacques Coulin & Amy Bry a Geneve, circa 1780. Fine gilt brass and enamel pair cased, paste-set watch.

C. Double body outer, Louis XVI, with paste-set bezel, the back with the painted enamel portrait of a lady within a paste-set frame and outer paste-set decoration over a blue enamel ground. Inner gilt brass "bassine", polished. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Rose paste-set Louis XV hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass English style cock. Signed on the dial and back plate. Diam. 41 mm.