25,300 CHF
The Prince Franz-Josef von Thurn und Taxis Watch Deutsche Präcisions-Uhrenfabrik, Urania, München, circa 1905. Fine 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless minute-repeating dress watch presented to Prince Franz-Josef von Thurn und Taxis on March 25, 1905 by his godfather Franz-Josef, Emperor of Austria, for his first communion. Accompanied by original fitted box. Five-body, "bassine", polished, front cover with engraved monogram surmounted by a crown, the interior with painted on enamel portrait of the risen Christ on a transparent yellow enamel ground over flinqué decoration, back cover with engraved date, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold "spade" hands. 40 mm., frosted gilt, 30 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through actvating slide in the band.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 50 mm. Notes The Habsburg Family Aname Habsburg is derived from the ancestral Castle Habsburg in Aargau, Switzerland. royal German family, one of the principal sovereign dynasties of Europe from the 15th to the 20th century. The Counts of Habsburg are known as early as the 11th century. One of their number became German king, as Rudolf I, in 1273; and in 1282 he bestowed Austria and Styria on his two sons, thus beginning the age-old identification of the Habsburgs with Austria, which they ruled without interruption until 1918, as duke
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
