7,475 CHF
Del. Schepcke, hlger. du Roy a Varsovie, circa 1780. Very rare and fine gold and enamel quarter repeating watch. Two body, finely engraved and pierced bezels with chased green and gold glazed motifs surrounding an oval panel decorated in polychrome enamel with a scene of a young lady in a mood of contemplation. Gilt full plate, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain 3-arm polished steel balance, flat spring with regulator. Continental cock. Quarter repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant with a-tact lever and a-toc thumb piece. Signed on the dial and movement. In very good condition. Diam.47mm. Notes Baillie records Daniel Schepcke as clockmaker to the King working in Warsaw in the mid-18th Century. Polish signatures on 18th Century watches are rare.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-04-20