Fine and rare gold Swiss quarter repeating musical watch Circa 1810
- Kenmerk
- GF0803
- Diameter
- 57 mm
- Estimate
- € 6.000 - 11.000
- Price sold
- € 9.900
Gold repeating musical pocket watch atributed DuBois & Fils
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A fine and rare Swiss quarter repeating musical cylinder pocket watch in an 18 Carat rose gold open faced case, circa 1810. Attributed to Du Bois & Fils. Gilt full plate and beautiful high quality movement, key wind, two barrels, two hammers, two gongs, musical disc movement with steel blades, mirror polished steel parts, cylinder escapement, three arm ring balance. Resting barrel for the going train with polished steel stop work. Plain sector cock, polished steel regulator, plain gilt balance with spiral blue steel hairspring, polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Pendant quarter repeating on two square section polished steel gongs. A small button in the band to actuate the musical mechanism.
White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, Breguet hands. The case back with an engraving of a camp with a tent and ribbed middle, case maker punch mark DLG (David L. Gide). Push pendant for quarter repeating. Wound and set through the gilt metal cuvette.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 138 g
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Signed: Atributed to DuBois & Fils
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In 2011 a pocket watch with an identical movement, which was signed Dubois & fils, Le Locle was sold for EUR 10,600.
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A fine and rare Swiss quarter repeating musical cylinder pocket watch in an 18 Carat rose gold open faced case, circa 1810. Attributed to Du Bois & Fils. Gilt full plate and beautiful high quality movement, key wind, two barrels, two hammers, two gongs, musical disc movement with steel blades, mirror polished steel parts, cylinder escapement, three arm ring balance. Resting barrel for the going train with polished steel stop work. Plain sector cock, polished steel regulator, plain gilt balance with spiral blue steel hairspring, polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Pendant quarter repeating on two square section polished steel gongs. A small button in the band to actuate the musical mechanism.
White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, Breguet hands. The case back with an engraving of a camp with a tent and ribbed middle, case maker punch mark DLG (David L. Gide). Push pendant for quarter repeating. Wound and set through the gilt metal cuvette.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 138 g
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Signed: Atributed to DuBois & Fils
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In 2011 a pocket watch with an identical movement, which was signed Dubois & fils, Le Locle was sold for EUR 10,600.
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Du Bois & Fils In 1785 Philippe Du Bois and his sons founded the Du Bois & Fils 1785 watch company at the family seat in Le Locle. Du Bois had already established extensive business connections all over Europe and America as a cloth merchant, which made things much easier for the start up watch company. During the 19th Century Du Bois & Fils opened branches in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States and business boomed. Due to its proximity to the trade fairs the German Frankfurt branch was particularly important. David Gide (L.) worked in Geneva in the early 19th century and had a reputation as an excellent watchmaker. Gide specialized in the making of repeating and fantasy watches as well as watches with automaton and regularly used virgule and duplex escapements or escapements with a ruby cylinder.
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Reference 0045000
Du Bois & Fils In 1785 Philippe Du Bois and his sons founded the Du Bois & Fils 1785 watch company at the family seat in Le Locle. Du Bois had already established extensive business connections all over Europe and America as a cloth merchant, which made things much easier for the start up watch company. During the 19th Century Du Bois & Fils opened branches in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States and business boomed. Due to its proximity to the trade fairs the German Frankfurt branch was particularly important. David Gide (L.) worked in Geneva in the early 19th century and had a reputation as an excellent watchmaker. Gide specialized in the making of repeating and fantasy watches as well as watches with automaton and regularly used virgule and duplex escapements or escapements with a ruby cylinder.
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Reference 0045000
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