12,650 CHF
Souvenir d'AmitiéChevalier & Compagnie, Geneva, No. 3313, enamel attributable to Jean-Louis Richter, circa 1790.Very fine 18K gold and painted on enamel pearl- and dia-mond-set watch. Two-body, forme "Collier", back very finely painted with three children, a boy holding a dove, another looking into its nest, a meadow in the background and a fountain to the right with diamond-set water flowing, paillon flowers and foliage, the whole against dark blue sky, signed "SOUVENIR" below the fountain, pearl-set bezels. 42 mm., hingd, frosted gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement plain brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock pierced and engraved "CHEVALIER".Signed on dial, movement and cock.Diam. 50 mm. Notes Chevalier & Compagniewatchmakers in Geneva in the last quarter of the 18th century, specialized in high quality watches, often enameled. It appears that at the end of the century the company changed the name to Che-valier & Cochet and continued the same tradition with the addition of high quality automaton watches
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-11-16