4,125 CHF
DU BOIS & FILS - QUARTER REPEATING GOLD & HAIRWORK WATCH Du Bois & Fils, (Geneva), case No. 5600. Made circa 1830. Fine and rare, quarter-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with hairwork decoration. Three-body, bassine et filets, polished, fluted band, the front cover decorated with an applied gold flower and foliate wreath, central applied shield engraved with initials EEJ, the back cover set with a glazed hairwork panel depicting an urn beneath a willow tree and the date 16 April, 1831, applied flower and foliate border to complement the front cover. Gilt-metal dust cap. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture at 2. Pierced gold hour hand. 42 mm., matte gilt, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental cock with faceted red endstone, silvered regulation dial, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Notes Dial, dust cover and movement signed. DIAM. 56 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-05-11
