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 541. A LARGE GOLD THREE TRAIN MUSICAL AND HALF HOUR STRIKING CLOCK WATCH, THE MUSIC PLAYING ON THE HOUR/HALF HOUR AND ON DEMAND CIRCA 1830, NO. 16907 [ 瑞士/法國製大型黃金懷錶,正點、半點及手動操作音樂報時,年份約1830,編號16907].

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A LARGE GOLD THREE TRAIN MUSICAL AND HALF HOUR STRIKING CLOCK WATCH, THE MUSIC PLAYING ON THE HOUR/HALF HOUR AND ON DEMAND CIRCA 1830, NO. 16907 [ 瑞士/法國製大型黃金懷錶,正點、半點及手動操作音樂報時,年份約1830,編號16907]

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November 12, 03:42 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 CHF

Lot Details

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Swiss/French


A LARGE GOLD THREE TRAIN MUSICAL AND HALF HOUR STRIKING CLOCK WATCH, THE MUSIC PLAYING ON THE HOUR/HALF HOUR AND ON DEMAND

CIRCA 1830, NO. 16907

[ 瑞士/法國製大型黃金懷錶,正點、半點及手動操作音樂報時,年份約1830,編號16907]


Movement: gilded, inverted cylinder escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, three standing barrels for music, going and strike trains, polished steel repeating rack visible to backplate, music playing on a pinned disc by tuned tines

Dial: white enamel dial bearing the signature Breguet, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, blued steel moon hands, enamel painted musical score

Case: gold, milled bezels and band, plain polished back, trip repeat button through pendant, slide for silence/musique beneath bezel at 10 o'clock, strike/silent lever marked to edge of cuvette, gilt-metal cuvette bearing the signature Breguet et Fils no. 16907 and with four apertures for winding trains and setting hands, case back with French control marks and PC within oval cartouche, further indistinct mark and numbered 16615


diameter 68.5mm


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