29,900 CHF
Vita fugitCharles Bobinet, Paris, circa 1650. Very fine and rare silver, single-hand pendant form watch in the shape of a skull, with concealed dial. Silver champlevé with radial Roman chapters and half-hour divisions, centre engraved with flowers. Blued-steel hand. 28.7 mm o, hinged, gilt brass full plate, turned baluster pillars, fusee and gut-line for the going train, verge escapement, two-arm steel circular foliot, elongated cock asymmetrically pierced with floral engraving, secured by a screw, ratchet wheel and click set-up.Signed on the back plate.Dim: height 42 mm, width 30 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 374-375. Notes Bobinet Charles (1610-1678)famous master watch and clockmaker. Made form watches in rock crystal and semiprecious stones, and cruciform watches. He taught several apprentices, among them Jean Bastard in 1638, Vincent Perissel in 1639, Pierre Chenevière in 1654, François Chenevière in 1655, and Jacques Sullin in 1664.'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois', by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31