Chevalier et Compagnie

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Chevalier et Compagnie

A gold, enamel and pearl-set verge watch with gilt-metal outer protective case

Circa 1790, no. 8336

• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, fusee and chain, cylindrical pillars, plain flat three-arm balance, decoratively pierced and engraved balance bridge, silver regulation plate, repeating on a bell to the inside case back, slide by 6 o'clock for selecting repeating à toc, signed and numbered Chevalier & Comp, 8336

• Dial: white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, aperture for winding by 2 o'clock, gold beetle and poker hands, signed Chevalier et Compagnie

• Case: gold, split pearl-set bezels, decoratively fluted band, case back with translucent blue enamel over an engine-turned ground and centred with a rose-cut diamond-set star, gilt-metal outer protective case with glazed back, the band of the outer decorated en suite with the band of the inner case

diameter of inner case 47.5mm, outer 55mm