Henri Robert à Paris, No. 2161, circa 1830. Very fine and interesting 18K gold quarterrepeating watch. | Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches and Clocks | Hong Kong, 10th July 2005
Henri Robert à Paris, No. 2161, circa 1830. Very fine and interesting 18K gold quarterrepeating watch., C. Four-body, ?forme quatre baguettes?, polished, hinged goldcuvette engraved with technical details. D. White enamel withradial Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds at 12 o?clock,secret inscription "Laroyenne" above 6 o?clock. Gold ?spade? hands.M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, the back plate relieved forthe barrel, fusee with chain and maintaining power, 25 jewels, lateral leverescapement with divided lifts and jeweled pallets, oil-retention slots in the steelescape wheel, plain three-arm balance, flat balance-spring with bimetallic compensationcurb on the index. Quarter-repeating on gongs with pull-twist piston throughthe pendant.Signed on the cuvette, pendant stamped with the French guarantee mark used between 1821 and 1838.Diam. 61 mm.Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005
LOT 182 Henri Robert à Paris, No. 2161, circa 1830. Very fine and interesting 18K gold quarterrepeating watch.
HKD 100,000 - 120,000 EUR 10,000 - 12,000 / USD 13,000 - 15,000
Sold: HKD 86,250
C. Four-body, ?forme quatre baguettes?, polished, hinged goldcuvette engraved with technical details. D. White enamel withradial Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds at 12 o?clock,secret inscription "Laroyenne" above 6 o?clock. Gold ?spade? hands.M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, the back plate relieved forthe barrel, fusee with chain and maintaining power, 25 jewels, lateral leverescapement with divided lifts and jeweled pallets, oil-retention slots in the steelescape wheel, plain three-arm balance, flat balance-spring with bimetallic compensationcurb on the index. Quarter-repeating on gongs with pull-twist piston throughthe pendant.Signed on the cuvette, pendant stamped with the French guarantee mark used between 1821 and 1838.Diam. 61 mm.
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