Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 12, 1997
LOT 245
Co. Chailleto, Neocomi, 1810. Very fine 18K gold, watch.
CHF 3,000 - 3,500
C. Double body, Louis XVI, polished. Hinged glazed gilt brass dust cap, engraved on the border: "Helvetiarum Jus Ador Sue Crucix". D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Gold "half moon" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass threearm balance, fiat balance spring with regulator. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm.
Notes
Made in Neuchatel (Switzerland), according to the inscription and
die signature in Latin, was certainly commissioned by a clergy man,
if not even produced by a Clark himself, Co. Chailleto being
unrecorded as a watchmaker.