Fine and rare French gold hardstone set watch Circa 1839
- Kenmerk
- SA2348
- Diameter
- 36 mm
- Estimate
- € 25.000 - 50.000
- Price sold
- € 51.500
Gold and hardstone set watch by Fossin & Fils for Breguet
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A very fine and rare French yellow gold and hardstone set open faced decorated cylinder pocket watch with decoration, circa 1839. Sold in 1839 to MME la Générale Adadouroff for 3000 Francs. Gilt movement, underslung ruby cylinder escapement, plain brass three armed balance, parachute protection for balance. Signed and numbered gold cuvette. Eccentric dial set within a bloodstone background, mosaic pattern in the centre with alternating green and red stones, Roman hours on white agate cartouches, outer minute ring comprising of 60 sections of red jasper. The case back with a multi-coloured mosaic rosette incorporating lapis lazuli, bloodstone, red jasper, white chalcedony and antique gold stone, the band set with alternating hardstone squares.
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A very fine and rare French yellow gold and hardstone set open faced decorated cylinder pocket watch with decoration, circa 1839. Sold in 1839 to MME la Générale Adadouroff for 3000 Francs. Gilt movement, underslung ruby cylinder escapement, plain brass three armed balance, parachute protection for balance. Signed and numbered gold cuvette. Eccentric dial set within a bloodstone background, mosaic pattern in the centre with alternating green and red stones, Roman hours on white agate cartouches, outer minute ring comprising of 60 sections of red jasper. The case back with a multi-coloured mosaic rosette incorporating lapis lazuli, bloodstone, red jasper, white chalcedony and antique gold stone, the band set with alternating hardstone squares.
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Diameter: 36 mm
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Signed: Breguet
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Jean-Baptiste Fossin and his son Jules were highly skilled Parisian jewellers. For some time they were the directors of master jewellers Chaumet. They were renowned for capturing the spirit of romanticism in their creations.
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Bloodstone is a beautiful, mostly, dark green stone that features red or brown spots that form as a result of impurities in the iron oxide. These spots look like blood splatters, giving the stone its English name. The stone is also referred to as a heliotrope, and gets this name from the Greek words helio, meaning ‘sun’, and tropos, meaning ‘toward the sun’. It’s said that the colour is also reminiscent of heliotrope plants that face towards the sun. The solid green colour that encompasses the rest of the stone is brought in as a result of the amphibole or Chlorite minerals found in the green Chalcedony. Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica that’s composed of fine intergrowths of moganite and quartz, the minerals that make up most agate stones too. Because of its varied composition, the green in bloodstone is not always evenly distributed and may have blue or yellow streaks in addition to green. It has been a popular gemstone for at least two thousand years.
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Signed: Breguet
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Jean-Baptiste Fossin and his son Jules were highly skilled Parisian jewellers. For some time they were the directors of master jewellers Chaumet. They were renowned for capturing the spirit of romanticism in their creations.
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Bloodstone is a beautiful, mostly, dark green stone that features red or brown spots that form as a result of impurities in the iron oxide. These spots look like blood splatters, giving the stone its English name. The stone is also referred to as a heliotrope, and gets this name from the Greek words helio, meaning ‘sun’, and tropos, meaning ‘toward the sun’. It’s said that the colour is also reminiscent of heliotrope plants that face towards the sun. The solid green colour that encompasses the rest of the stone is brought in as a result of the amphibole or Chlorite minerals found in the green Chalcedony. Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica that’s composed of fine intergrowths of moganite and quartz, the minerals that make up most agate stones too. Because of its varied composition, the green in bloodstone is not always evenly distributed and may have blue or yellow streaks in addition to green. It has been a popular gemstone for at least two thousand years.
Signed: Breguet
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