Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 12, 1997
LOT 571
Unsigned, France, circa 1650. Very fine and rare gilt-metal and rock crystal oval prebalance spring watch.
CHF 20,000 - 24,000
Sold: CHF 23,000
C. Gilt-brass three piece frame. Hinged rock crystal cover and back, rock crystal band and loose-ring pendant. D. Gilt-brass dial plate finely engraved with figures of Adam, Eve and Cupid. Applied silver Roman chapter ring, the centre engraved with a small village. Single balluster-turned blued-steel hand. M. Shaped gilt-brass full plate with turned urn pillars, fusee with gut line, three wheel train, verge escapement, two-arm steel balance without spring, irregular oval foliage pierced and engraved cock secured by a pin, with matching click for the ratchet wheel set-up. In excellent condition. Dim. 43 x 23 mm. (excluding ring)
