Swiss gold and enamel quarter repeating automaton Circa 1810
- Kenmerk
- SA2835
- Diameter
- 57 mm
- Estimate
- € 25.000 - 40.000
- Price sold
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Gold and enamel repeater with five-motion automaton
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A rare Swiss unusual gold and enamel quarter repeating automaton watch, circa 1810. The Fisherman by Robert et Courvoisier. Gilt fusee movement with verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance bridge with scrolls, hammers repeating on a bell. The five-motion automaton consists of vari-colour gold figures including two putti striking bells above, a boy fishing in a stream below, his arm jerks up to reveal a hooked fish, the water simulated by a twisting glass rod and a mill with a rotating wheel, centred by a small white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, all against a polychrome painted enamel scene depicting an architectural riverside. Plain case, the band pierced and chased with foliate scrolls, the automaton and quarter repeat activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: Robert et Courvoisier
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A watch also featuring a fisherman automaton is illustrated in Watches & Automata, The Maurice Sandoz Collection, plate I.18, page 116.
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Robert & Courvoisier are clock and watchmakers from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1795 as a successor to J. Robert & Fils, Courvoisier. In 1770 the firm was originally established by Josué Robert (1691–1771). After Robert’s death, a year after the company was founded, the firm was renamed Josué Robert & Fils and was led by his son Louis Benjamin Robert (1732–1781). They mainly produced large clockworks, but as Benjamin’s son-in-law, Louis Courvoisier became a companion, pocket watches were put into production. When Louis Benjamin died, Louis Courvoisier became the manager of the firm. From 1787 to 1795 the firm was called J. Robert & Fils, Courvoisier. From 1795 to 1805 it was renamed Robert & Courvoisier. Since 1805 the firm’s name was Robert, Courvoisier & Cie with Philip Grandjean as a business partner. In 1852 it became Courvoisier Frères. The firm continued under the direction of various members of the Courvoisier family until the 1930s. Along with the Jaquet-Droz firm, they were the most important makers of musical clocks and around the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, their portable officers’ watches were famous.
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A rare Swiss unusual gold and enamel quarter repeating automaton watch, circa 1810. The Fisherman by Robert et Courvoisier. Gilt fusee movement with verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance bridge with scrolls, hammers repeating on a bell. The five-motion automaton consists of vari-colour gold figures including two putti striking bells above, a boy fishing in a stream below, his arm jerks up to reveal a hooked fish, the water simulated by a twisting glass rod and a mill with a rotating wheel, centred by a small white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, all against a polychrome painted enamel scene depicting an architectural riverside. Plain case, the band pierced and chased with foliate scrolls, the automaton and quarter repeat activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: Robert et Courvoisier
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A watch also featuring a fisherman automaton is illustrated in Watches & Automata, The Maurice Sandoz Collection, plate I.18, page 116.
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Robert & Courvoisier are clock and watchmakers from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1795 as a successor to J. Robert & Fils, Courvoisier. In 1770 the firm was originally established by Josué Robert (1691–1771). After Robert’s death, a year after the company was founded, the firm was renamed Josué Robert & Fils and was led by his son Louis Benjamin Robert (1732–1781). They mainly produced large clockworks, but as Benjamin’s son-in-law, Louis Courvoisier became a companion, pocket watches were put into production. When Louis Benjamin died, Louis Courvoisier became the manager of the firm. From 1787 to 1795 the firm was called J. Robert & Fils, Courvoisier. From 1795 to 1805 it was renamed Robert & Courvoisier. Since 1805 the firm’s name was Robert, Courvoisier & Cie with Philip Grandjean as a business partner. In 1852 it became Courvoisier Frères. The firm continued under the direction of various members of the Courvoisier family until the 1930s. Along with the Jaquet-Droz firm, they were the most important makers of musical clocks and around the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, their portable officers’ watches were famous.
Signed: Robert et Courvoisier
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