5,000 CHF
LA RECHE QUARTER REPEATING WATCH La Reche a Dyon. Made circa 1760. Fine, Louis XV, quarter-repeating, 18K varicolored gold and diamond-set pocket watch. Two-body, rose-cut diamond-set bezel chased with a repeated interlaced ribbon pattern, the back with varicolored gold fl ower bouquet within a fl ower border, outer border to match the bezel, rose-cut diamond-set thumb-piece. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and large Arabic fi ve-minute numerals. Pierced gold Louis XV hands. 31 mm., gilt brass, full plate, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, fl at balance spring, index regulator on a silvered plate, pierced and chased continental cock with polished steel endplate, repeating on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant. Movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
