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SWISS, A FINE AND RARE YELLOW GOLD OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING VERGE POCKET WATCH WITH JACQUEMARTS
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SWISS, A FINE AND RARE YELLOW GOLD OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING VERGE POCKET WATCH WITH JACQUEMARTS AND AUTOMATON OF A LADY AT A SPINNING WHEEL
Details
CIRCA: 1820
CASE NO: 4798
CASE MATERIAL: Yellow old
CASE DIAMETER: 56 mm.
DIAL: White enamel
MOVEMENT: Manual, key-wound
FUNCTIONS: Quarter repeating, automaton
BOX: No
PAPERS: No
Lot Essay
Most likely made in Geneva around 1820, the present watch combines two jacquemart cupids and an automaton of a seated lady pulling yarn from the bobbin while simultaneously pumping the treadle of the spinning wheel with her foot.
For a similar watch see: The Antique Collectors' Club edition of Old Clocks and Watches & their Makers by F.J. Britten, fourth edition, p. 188, pl. 361.
Details
CIRCA: 1820
CASE NO: 4798
CASE MATERIAL: Yellow old
CASE DIAMETER: 56 mm.
DIAL: White enamel
MOVEMENT: Manual, key-wound
FUNCTIONS: Quarter repeating, automaton
BOX: No
PAPERS: No
Lot Essay
Most likely made in Geneva around 1820, the present watch combines two jacquemart cupids and an automaton of a seated lady pulling yarn from the bobbin while simultaneously pumping the treadle of the spinning wheel with her foot.
For a similar watch see: The Antique Collectors' Club edition of Old Clocks and Watches & their Makers by F.J. Britten, fourth edition, p. 188, pl. 361.
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SWISS, A FINE AND RARE YELLOW GOLD OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING VERGE POCKET WATCH WITH JACQUEMARTS
Estimate CHF 8,000 - CHF 12,000
Starting Price CHF 4,000
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