2,000 CHF
Duval - Slate Blue Enamel Duval a Rouen, No. 1115. Made circa 1775. Fine, 18K gold and enamel lady’s pendant watch. Two-body, “Louis XV”, master mark JS, rope-twist bezel, the back cover with border en suite and decorated with an annular panel of translucent slate blue guilloché enamel centered by a stylized foliate motif surrounded by white enamel dots. White enamel, slightly later, specially made, with Arabic numerals and outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. 27 mm., frosted gilt full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring, pierced foliate chased balance cock spelling the name DUVAL, silvered regulation dial. Dial, dial plate and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Notes This watch was formerly quarterrepeating à toc, the repeating work has been removed.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-05-15