7,475 CHF
D. Quare, London, No. 272, continental circa 1690. Fine and rare, silver double pair-cased single-hand "oignon" watch with alarm. Outer: double-body, polished. Inner: double-body, "bassine", polished, the band pierced and engraved with foliage and grotesques. Silver, champlevé with radial Roman numerals and inner silver alarm-setting disc with fleur-de-lis steel hour pointer. Blued steel hand for setting the alarm. 41 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusée and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with foliage. Alarm train with fixed barrel engraved with foliage, striking on a bell.Back plate of the movement signed.Diam. 60 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
