Attractive French verge pendant watch with chatelaine Circa 1780
- Kenmerk
- BA2376
- Diameter
- 37 mm
- Estimate
- € 5.500 - 11.000
- Price sold
- € 6.000
Gold, enamel and pearl-set chatelaine watch
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A fine and attractive French gold, enamel and pearl-set pendant watch with matching chatelaine, circa 1780. Matte gilt full plate movement, Ø 26 mm, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, continental balance cock with a polished steel endplate, silvered regulation dial. White enamel dial with Roman hours, outer dot minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, gold beetle & poker hands. A polychrome enamel scene depicting a lady in classical costume with a floral urn in a landscape on the case back, a translucent royal blue enamel border and pearl-set outer border, the hinged and sprung bezel is set with pearls, a rope-twist band. Dial signed. Comes with a gold, enamel and pearl-set chatelaine with key and seal en suite.
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Diameter: 37 mm
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Signed: Leger à Paris
Signed: Leger à Paris

















