Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 237

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 407563, made for Boucheron, Paris, circa 1929. An exceptional Art Deco, jasper, agate, gold, enamel and coral, 8-day going desk clock.

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 39,000 - 52,000

Sold: CHF 102,500

C. Large square piece of gray marble mounted between two nephrite panels decorated with gold straps with black enamel setting at the top, terminated with coral beads, gray agate beam at the base with gold straps fitted with coral, back with black enamel panel on gold with hinged door. D. Set directly on the central agate block, Arabic numerals on square gold cartouches, corners set with small coral beads, central abstract geometrical pattern of yellow, white, gold, and black enamel. Gold, geometrical hands with red enamel straps in the centers.M. Rectangular, 48 x 37 mm, frosted gilt, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance-spring.Signed on the movement, case signed by Boucheron.Dim. Height 15 cm, width 11 cm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

The present clock represents the ultimate of Art Deco design in horology. It was designed and made in the workshop of the legendary Art Deco designer, Louis Boucheron. The proportions, the colors of the stones, the workmanship, the abstract geometry of the dial demonstrate an exceptional talent. Because it is a superb piece, and, indeed, the quintessential Art Deco clock, the original drawing of the present clock was chosen to illustrate Boucheron's mastery of the Art Deco style in the book ?Boucheron, le joaillier du temps?, by Gilles éret, Lausanne, 1992..