401,200 HKD
Chaudé, Horloger de la Marine de l’Etat, 36 Palais Royal, Paris, No. 11706, circa 1880. Exceptional and very rare large 18K gold, keyless, Louis XV-style, minute-repeating watch with chronograph and instantaneous 60-minute register. Four-body, “Louis XV”, back chased with a scene depicting ancient warriors storming a palace, rocaille borders, band, and front bezel, chased bow. White convex enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths, sunk minute register at 12, subsidiary sunk seconds at 6. Gold “Louis XV” hands. 56 mm (25’’’), frosted gilt, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring with outer terminal curve, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band. Cuvette signed, the scene punched with the chaser’s mark (a knight in a shield). Diam. 68 mm. From “The Collection” Notes It is very unusual to find such a large watch from the period, and in the baroque style.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
