9,200 CHF
“Paillon Rosette” Hessen a Paris. Made circa 1790. Very fine 18K gold and enamel pocket watch. Two-body, “Louis XVI”, the bezel with zig-zag white enamel decoration and dark blue enamel triangles set with gold paillons, the back with a fine Royal blue guilloché enamel panel decorated with a central gold paillon rosette and leaf and flower paillon border, outer border decorated to match the bezel. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer dot minute track with Arabic fifteen minute numerals. Gold "fleur-de-lys" hands. 36 mm., hinged gilt brass full plate with tapered cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, potence with screw adjustment, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece, silvered regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Notes The fine guilloché enamel panel on the back of the present watch is decorated in a very similar manner to the enamels made for the watches of Jaquet Droz. André Hessen Worked in Paris between 1775 and 1791.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-11-13
