Sold for:
5,060 CHF

Droz dit Busset a Bordeaux, circa 1790. Fine 18K gold quarter-repeating watch with unusual movement layout. Two-body, "Directoire", polished. 47 mm, hinged, crescent-shaped back plate with a bell set in the concave part, fixed barrel set under the bell, cylinder escapement with brass escape wheel, plain brass three-arm balance under continental cock pierced and engraved with initials "JD", repeating on bell by depressing the pendant.Signed on the movement, cock with initials "JD".Diam. 57 mm.


Antiquorum

Auctioneer:
Antiquorum

Date:
2001-10-13