Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005
LOT 124
Jean Hubert A Toulouse. Made circa 1690. Fine gilt metal and silver Louis XIV single- hand ?oignon? watch wound through the centre.
HKD 27,000 - 43,000
EUR 2,800 - 4,500 / USD 3,500 - 5,500
Sold: HKD 34,500
C. Double-body, silver overlaid, back and bezel lightly engravedwith flowers and foliage. D. Silver, with radial Roman numeralsand half and quarter-hour divisions. Blued-steel hand.M. 43.3 mm, hinged gilt brass full plate with turned baluster pillars,fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-armbalance, short flat balance spring, fine gilt brass cock piercedand engraved with inhabited foliage, rack and pinion regulator.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 53 mm.
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Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 4 - 12 - 15 |
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Movement: 4 - 5 - 6* |
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Dial: 4 - 8 - 04 |
Notes
The present watch was previously sold in the Lord Sandberg sale, March 31, 2001, lot 15, and is published in the Lord Sandberg book, pages 106-107.