Marchand Fils a Paris

Sold for:
13,800 CHF

Marchand Fils a Paris, circa 1790. Very fine 18K gold, dead centre-seconds watch with double calendar and special escapement. Double body Louis XVl, polished. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, Pouzait lever escapement with divided lift, plain gold four-arm balance covering 93% of the back plate, flat balance spring with regulator, gilt-brass balance cock with polished-steel end-piece. Signed on the dial and back plate. Diam. 81 mm. Notes As opposed to the prototype, made by Molise Pouzait himself in 1782 (Lot 337), this watch is fitted with the second type of Pouzait lever escapement.

Auctioneer:
Antiquorum

Date:
1998-04-18

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