23,000 HKD
Duchêne, Paris, No. 17580, circa 1780. Very fine gold and painted on enamel, diamond-set watch. Two-body, Louis XVI, back centered with painted on enamel medallion with a scene depicting a couple in amorous pursuit, diamond-set frame surmounted by a diamond-set crown, borders with applied gold and enamel, diamond-set foliate pattern, bezels with applied green gold repeated pattern, diamond-set front bezel. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture between 2 and 3 o’clock. Gold “Louis XV” hands. 34 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, micrometric potence adjustment, continental cock pierced and engraved with letters “D&J”. Signed on dial and movement, movement and case with the same serial number. Diam. 43 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-06-06
