The Art of Horology in Geneva

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 13, 1999

LOT 14

Isaac Frisard à Carouge (a village near Geneva),circa 1785.Fine and unusual, small gilt brass, quarter repeating coach watch.

C. Double body, Louis XVI, polished with fluted bezel, the border of the back decorated en suite and pierced for the sound. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with turned baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Pull-wound quarter-repeating train, striking on a bell.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 61 mm.