6,325 CHF
L'Epine a Paris, Swiss, circa 1770. Fine 18K gold and enamel, quarter repeating watch. Double body, Louis XVI, the bezels with a champleve enamel floral decoration, the back enamel panel with a fine painted lake-side landscape, a maiden with dogs by a fountain on the foreground. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold Louis XV hands. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 41 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-10-12
