7,080 CHF
"Heure de Cupidon" Duchène & Fils, Swiss. Made circa 1820. Fine, 18K gold, quarter-repeating pocket watch with automaton Jacks. To be sold without reserve Three-body, “Empire”, polished bezel and back, reeded band. Spring-loaded gilt-metal cuvette. White enamel, annular with Breguet numerals and outer minute divisions, glazed center disclosing two multicolored gold and silver putti on blued steel ground, striking the hours and quarters on two bells, lower and center skeletonized to view the going train. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring. Polished steel balance bridge, bright steel repeat work on the back plate, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Cuvette signed. Diam. 59 mm. Notes Louis Duchène & Fils Recorded from about 1791 to about 1820, they are known for coach watches with grande and petite sonnerie and calendar, repeating the minutes and quarters, watches with champlevé enamel and “fantaisie” watches. “Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12