Swiss double dialed verge with three automatons Circa 1820
- Kenmerk
- CH0865
- Diameter
- 54 mm
- Estimate
- € 45.000 - 80.000
- Price sold
- € 51.650
Rose gold and enamel watch with three automatons by Louis Duchêne
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A rare and attractive Swiss 18 carat rose gold and enamel double dialed two train watch with three automatons, circa 1820. Gilt finished keywound two train movement, verge escapement, chain fusée. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals, an applied vari colour gold scene with three automatons to the reverse depicting a cooper’s workshop, one cooper planing a stave while the second is hammering onto a barrel, a fountain with realistically running water to the right, all over a polychrome enamel scene depicting the inside of the cooper’s workshop, a lakeside scene in the background. Plain case, automaton start/stop lever in the band. Dial signed, pendant numbered.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed: Ls. Duchêne & Fils
Signed: Ls. Duchêne & Fils




















