Sold for:
2,530 CHF
2,530 CHF
Swiss, circa 1800, made for the Austro-Hungarian market. Interesting and unusual silver watch with glass bead decoration, commemorating early Montgolfière flights. Notes The present lots feature watches commemorating the first hot-air balloon flight by the Montgolfier brothers. In June 1783, the Montgolfiers made the first public demonstration of a model hot-air balloon and in September of that year - in the presence of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette - they successfully flew a balloon - carrying a sheep, a duck and a cockerel-to demonstrate that it was possible to survive in the sky. Watches depicting this subject are rare.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
