Only Online Auction
Geneva, Apr 03, 2025
LOT 114
ROBERT ET FILS, SWITZERLAND, NEUCHATELOISE, PAINTED GILT BRASS MOUNTED BRACKET CLOCK MADE IN LA CHAUX DE FOND, EBONY
CHF 2,000 - 4,000
HKD 17,700 - 35,300 / USD 2,300 - 4,600 / EUR 2,100 - 4,200TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
A fine ebonized and brass, manual wind elaborately inlaid with brass over wood, glazed on front and curved sides, the front with hinged door decorated, laurel-leaf frame, hinged back door, brass finial with gilt foliate decoration surmounted by a brass urn, four brass legs of foliate form, edges with laurel-leaf pattern. Bracket en suite with finely chased mask at the top, acanthus leaf finial..White enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding apertures at 4 and 8 o'clock.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Robert et Fils, Switzerland
Model neuchateloise
Year Circa 1780
Length 360
Caliber rectangular brass plates, large spring barrels for both trains, verge escapement with silk suspension, striking the hours and quarters with five hammers on two bells mounted on the top of the case, outside countwheel numbered 1 ?12 and with quarter-hour snail, pull-wind quarter-repeating, strikework on the backplate in the typical Swiss manner.
Height 860
Width 140
Signature Movement
Notes
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