4,830 CHF
Marchand, à Genève, 119 circa 1700. Very fine silver single-hand oignon alarm watch with original matching key. Two-body, oignon type, the back engraved with a cherub mask and two putti among inhabited foliage, band pierced and engraved, very fine extension ring for the movement pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. White enamel ring, bold radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour ring, winding apertures at 4 and 9, center with white enamel alarm disc with radial Arabic numerals and brass pointer indicating hours, blued steel "tulip" alarm setting hand. 43 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with brass balance and short balance spring, Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, alarm with fixed engraved barrel and steel escape wheel, striking on a bell by short Notes The most likely candidate for the maker of this watch is Amédée Marchand. He came to Geneva from Asserans, Pays de Gex, in France and was apprenticed in 1695 to the famous Jean Rousseau Le Jeune, the grandfather of the philosopher. He enjoyed a long life. In 1700, we see him taking as an apprentice Estienne Dentand, and in 1739 Guillaume II Bordier.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
