Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

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Swiss

A gold carillon quarter repeating automaton watch with jacquemarts Circa 1820, nos. 13561, 16218

Auction Closed

May 14, 02:23 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Swiss


A gold carillon quarter repeating automaton watch with jacquemarts

Circa 1820, nos. 13561, 16218


 Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, pierced and engraved balance bridge, silver regulation plate, carillon repeating on 3 blued steel gongs via 3 polished steel hammers, fusee and chain, cylindrical pillars, numbered to back of dial plate 16218

 Dial: white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, skeletonised background with two skeletonised jacquemarts in classical dress, further jacquemart in the form of a putti beneath dial, all jacquemarts holding hammers and 'striking' bells above their heads in tandem with repeat work, glazed above with central aperture for adjusting hands

• Case: gold, polished back, milled band, plunge pendant repeat, locking slide to right of pendant, case back numbered 13561 and with maker's mark FL P[or R]


diameter 56.5mm

R. Chadwick, A Voyage Through Time, London: Unicorn, 2020, p. 218.
Jacquemart automaton watches are most commonly found with two striking figures, the addition of a further automaton figure at the base of the dial is unusual. Also notable is the carillon repeating work, its inclusion on this type of automaton watch is rare.