Important Watches, Wristwatches, Cloc...
Basel April 21, 1990, Apr 21, 1990
LOT 175
Hen. Harper Fecit, (London, Cornhill), circa 1710, probably painted by Mussard, Geneva. Fine gilt brass and enamel pre-balance spring watch.
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
Double body bassine case enamelled with a very fine painting of a lady playing the mandolin with a Cupid, small monochrome landscapes on the four side panels, a monochrome landscape painted inside the case on the enamel backing. Silver champleve chapter ring with Roman numerals, the enamel center painted with the portrait of a shepherdess with a lamb. Blued steel single hand. Fine gilt brass full plate movement with tulip pillars, the fusee with a gut line, verge escapement with a brass two armed balance wheel foliot, screwed gilt brass single foot cock pierced and engraved with scrolls, regulation of the main spring tension by means of a worm screw. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 47 mm.
