13,800 CHF
Meuron & Comp. , Swiss, circa 1810. Fine and highly unusual silver "Bras-en-l'air" watch with double calendar. Double body, Empire, polished, with reeled band. White enamel divided into four half-moon sectors for respectively: the hours, the minutes, the dates and clays of the week, on which the indication are pointed by the hands when depressing the pendant. Gold "arrow" hands. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt-brass continental cock with polished-steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 56 mm. Notes C. Double body, Empire, polished, with reeled band. D. White enamel divided into four half-moon sectors for respectively: the hours, the minutes, the dates and clays of the week, on which the indication are pointed by the hands when depressing the pendant. Gold "arrow" hands. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt-brass continental cock with polished-steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 56 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-04-18
