Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作:西器東傳」

Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作:西器東傳」

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 523. A HIGHLY UNUSUAL GOLD COACH WATCH WITH FULL CALENDAR, AGE AND PHASE OF THE MOON CIRCA 1790 [黃金懷錶備全日曆、月相及月齡顯示,年份約1790].

François-Louis Godon, Paris

A HIGHLY UNUSUAL GOLD COACH WATCH WITH FULL CALENDAR, AGE AND PHASE OF THE MOON CIRCA 1790 [黃金懷錶備全日曆、月相及月齡顯示,年份約1790]

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November 12, 03:25 PM GMT

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15,000 - 20,000 CHF

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François-Louis Godon, Paris


A HIGHLY UNUSUAL GOLD COACH WATCH WITH FULL CALENDAR, AGE AND PHASE OF THE MOON

CIRCA 1790

[黃金懷錶備全日曆、月相及月齡顯示,年份約1790]


Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, flat three-arm balance, decoratively pierced and engraved balance bridge, fusee and chain, cylindrical pillars, silver regulation plate, gilt-metal dust cap, movement and dust cap signed F. L. Godon, Ro. de Camara de S.M.C. (watchmaker to the catholic King of Spain), further signed Godon around perimeter of movement amongst chased and engraved geometric decoration 

Dial: white enamel, Arabic numerals, inner minute ring with Arabic 5-minute divisions, three subsidiary dials for date, day and month, aperture for moon age and phase with blue enamelled disc, blued steel hands with heart-form terminals, signed F. L. Godon, Ro. de Camara de S.M.C.

Case: polished pink gold, scooped bezels, hidden hinge


diameter 78mm


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Antiquorum Hong Kong, 26 May 1991, lot 131
Tardy notes in his Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français (1971, vol.1, p.263) that François-Louis Godon was a Master in 1787 and between 1789-90 was based at Rue de Valois-St-Honoré. Godon was watchmaker to the King of Spain.