23,000 CHF
Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1750. Extremely rare and fine 18K gold watch with special verge escapement. Double body, oignon type, the bezel chased with floral and rocaille decoration, the back engraved with doves and trophies over a sunburst pattern. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold Louis XV hands. Hinged gilt brass with baluster pillars, fusee with chain, very rare and unusual verge escapement with horizontal double escape wheel, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. In very good condition. Diam. 46 mm. Notes Only very few watches with this type of escapement arc known to exist. Among these, one is signed Beljean ~t La Neuveville (sold by Antiquorum in Geneva in October 1994, Lot No. 25), and another is signed Tschiffeli in Bern (sold by Antiquorum in Geneva in October 1996, Lot No. 213). The latter actually came from La Neuveville in the Jura bernois, although most of his work was signed in Bern, where he settled in 1760 and died on March 11, 1795. A third one is signed: Jullien Le Roy a Paris '' , (see article in Alte Uhren, N° 5, October 1993, by Hans F. Telke, pp. 11-13) without any serial number, but judging from the misspelling of the name and its layout, it is undoubtedly an apocryphal signature. The fourth watch of this type is signed: "Gering, Grelfswald,,. With regards to the maker Gering Greltswald, we have been given some important information by Gerd A
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-04-12
