8,625 CHF
Freres Esquillon & De Choudens, Geneve, circa 1780. Very fine and rare, 20K gold and enamel simulating bloodstone, quarter-repeating, à toc watch with à tact option. Two-body, Louis XV, back with enamel simulating bloodstone with gold appliqué forming portico with blueenamel side entrances, flower basket in the center, bezel engraved in repeated pattern. White enamel, radialRoman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2. Blued steel"beetle and poker" hands. 33 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, vergeescapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, repeating on bell (missing) by depressingthe pendant, à tact lever at 8 o’clock.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 40 mm. Notes The watch has very rare and unusual form of decoration in which the enamel is used to simulate bloodstone.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24