Large Russian silver quarter repeating coach watch Circa 1785
- Kenmerk
- TA1575
- Diameter
- 123 mm
- Estimate
- € 10.000 - 16.000
- Price sold
- € 12.650
Silver verge watch with alarm and date
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A very fine and extremely rare Russian, large, silver quarter repeating coach watch with alarm and date, circa 1785. Entirely finely engraved case, the back with four cartouches with masks and foliage, the centre with geometrically engraved rotating disc which covers the winding apertures, edges and bezels pierced and engraved in a geometrical pattern. Silver, champlevé dial, radial Roman chapter ring, outer five-minute numerals engraved in cartouches with arched sides, concentric 31-day scale, at the centre alarm indication.
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Gold beetle and poker hands, arrow hand for the calendar, spade hand for the alarm.
A hinged gilt brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, continental cock pierced and engraved in a delicate symmetrical pattern, ruby endstone, pull quarter repeater striking on a bell, alarm with a fixed barrel. Movement signed. Property of a Swiss Gentleman.
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A very fine and extremely rare Russian, large, silver quarter repeating coach watch with alarm and date, circa 1785. Entirely finely engraved case, the back with four cartouches with masks and foliage, the centre with geometrically engraved rotating disc which covers the winding apertures, edges and bezels pierced and engraved in a geometrical pattern. Silver, champlevé dial, radial Roman chapter ring, outer five-minute numerals engraved in cartouches with arched sides, concentric 31-day scale, at the centre alarm indication.
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Gold beetle and poker hands, arrow hand for the calendar, spade hand for the alarm.
A hinged gilt brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, continental cock pierced and engraved in a delicate symmetrical pattern, ruby endstone, pull quarter repeater striking on a bell, alarm with a fixed barrel. Movement signed. Property of a Swiss Gentleman.
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Diameter: 123 mm
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Signed: Peter Nordsteen Moscou
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Peter Nordsteen Recorded as having worked in St Petersburg in 1760, in Stockholm in 1764 and in Moscow around 1785.
Provenance: The Sandberg Watch Collection The present watch is published in the book of the collection of Lord Sandberg.
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Signed: Peter Nordsteen Moscou
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Peter Nordsteen Recorded as having worked in St Petersburg in 1760, in Stockholm in 1764 and in Moscow around 1785.
Provenance: The Sandberg Watch Collection The present watch is published in the book of the collection of Lord Sandberg.
Signed: Peter Nordsteen Moscou
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