4,600 CHF
Ferdinand Berthoud, Paris, No. 635, with Paris hallmarks for 1768. Very fine 20K multicolored gold and enamel á toc quarter-repeating watch. Two-body, by master casemaker Jean-Augustin Alban, No. 223, back centered by painted on enamel in camaieu medallion with a scene depicting a small boy playing the bagpipes while his dog dances to the rhythm, green gold laurel-leaf frame, bezels in repeated multicolored gold pattern. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o’clock. Gold "Louis XV" hands. 38 mm, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock, repeating train with two-arm fly governor, repeating on gold blocks fixed to the case by depressing the pendant.Signed on dial and movement, case punched with Alban’s trademark and Paris quarantee marks.Diam. 45 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
