6,875 CHF
Vauchez - Acrobat de L’Amour Vauchez à Paris, No. 5315. Made circa 1780. Fine and rare, gold and painted on enamel pocket watch with erotic scene. Two-body, Louis XVI, bezel chased with a guilloche pattern, the back set with a painted on enamel erotic scene of a lady in a hoist being lowered by the gentleman onto him, chased gold flower border. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and large Arabic five-minute numerals. Gold Louis hands. 32 mm., gilt brass, full plate with fuse and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 40.5 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-05-15