Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 12, 1997
LOT 417
Autrais Fils, rue des Fosses Montmartre No. 24, a Paris, No. 955, circa 1825. Fine and elegant 18K gold, quarter repeating watch with eccentric dial.
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
C. Four body, "forme quatre baguettes" by Francois Jean Veyrat (Master Mark) No. 9030, engine-turned, the back centred with a small monogram, the cover with an eccentric dial aperture and a small aperture above for the dial monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman eccentric chapter ring and a a small monogram above. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 17"', gilt brass, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Repeating on gongs with pull twist piston through the pendant. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 43 mm.
