Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
A gold quarter repeating watch with concealed jacquemart automaton circa 1820, no. 8531
Auction Closed
May 14, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Swiss
A gold quarter repeating watch with concealed jacquemart automaton
circa 1820, no. 8531
• Movement: full plate gilded, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, pierced and engraved balance bridge, silver regulation plate, fusee and chain, turned pillars, repeating on blued steel coiled gongs
• Dial: Breguet numerals on outer white enamel chapter ring, centred by applied vari-coloured gold neoclassical building and automaton scene depicting Punch or Pulcinella fighting Chronos appearing in upper gallery from behind a blued steel cover in unison with the hour chimes, two putti below striking the quarter hours in unison with the quarter repeating, all against a blued steel plate
• Case: gold circular engine-turned case, milled band, plunge pendant repeat, pendant locking slide to right of pendant, inside case back with Neuchâtel control mark for 1820-1866, numbered 8531 and with case maker's mark HC incuse, gilt metal cuvette
diameter 58.5mm