12,500 CHF
BRAS EN L'AIR Swiss, case No. 3829. Made circa 1790. Fine and very rare, 18K gold "bras en l'air" pocket watch. Two-body, Directoire, polished. White enamel with sector for the hours on the right and the minutes on the left, a golden sun between, gilt foliate decoration, black and white checkerboard floor design in the lower half, applied gilt-brass figure in the center, his arms raising to indicate the time activated by depressing the pendant. 50 mm., matte gilt full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm balance, flat balance spring, pierced and chased continental balance clock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Notes DIAM. 57 mm. The current lot is a very fine example of the so-called 'Bras en l'air' watches, featuring one of the most original ways to display time. Few watches of this type were made towards the end of the eighteenth century.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-05-11
