Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣:鐘錶鬼才」
Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣:鐘錶鬼才」
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June 16, 02:01 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
BARTHELEMY DUHAMEL
A GOLD AND ENAMEL SINGLE CASED WATCH WITH BALANCE SPRING, THE ENAMEL IN THE MANNER OF HUAUD
CIRCA 1690
[ 黃金畫琺瑯懷錶備擺輪游絲,琺瑯彩繪風格跟隨HUAUD,年份約1690]
• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, three wheel train, flat three-arm balance with short spiral spring, decoratively pierced and engraved silver balance bridge, rack and pinion regulator with silver indication disc, blued steel wheel and click set-up, decoratively engraved and pierced Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, signed Barthelemy Duhamel
• Dial: the centre with polychrome enamel painting of Venus and Adonis, outer white chapter ring with black Roman numerals, turned gilded hand
• Case: gold and restored polychrome enamel case, the back with Venus and Adonis, cupid and a dog at their feet, the band with polychrome enamel painted vignettes of pastoral and classical landscapes separated by white and mauve stylised flora, inside case back with polychrome enamel painted landscape scene with buildings and a gentleman in the foreground, later gilt-metal pendant
diameter 39mm
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Christie's Geneva, 13 November 2006, lot 224
Antiquorum Geneva, 13 May 2007, lot 595
H. Wahl, Die Uhr - Zeitmesser und Schmuck in fünf Jahrhunderten, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, 1967, pp. 152-153
Barthélemy Duhamel (1662-1705), a Master watchmaker from Geneva, was the son of Pierre Duhamel II (1630-1686). He was apprenticed to Abraham Bobinet in 1675 before being entrusted to the workshop of Pierre-Urbain Dufour in 1679. Barthélemy took Philippe Decombe as his own apprentice in 1688. See: O. Patrizzi, Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois, 1998, p.172. The decoration to the case of this watch closely follows the style established by the Huaud family of enamellers.