$12,500
LOUIS DUCHENE ET COMPAGNIE PAIR CASE QUARTER REPEATER YELLOW Louis Duchêne et Compagnie, No. 34375, circa 1790. Fine 20K gold and enamel, pearl-set, quarter repeating pair case watch. Double-body, Louis XVI with split-pearl set bezel, the enamel back panel painted with a courting couple beneath a canopy, the inscription: Gage d’Amitié, painted over a blue ground. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gold pierced interlaced hands. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock pierced and engraved with the inscription: D. & Co., polished steel end-piece. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant. Signed on the dial, and back plate. DIAM. 55 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-04-10
