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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 125

Vaucher Frères à Fleurier, Swiss, circa 1840.Very fine 18K gold, double-barrel, special escapement watch for 8-day duration.

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

USD 2,000 - 2,300

Sold: CHF 4,600

C. Four-body, 'demi-bassine', coin-edge, back cover with barley-corn engine-turning, gold hinged cuvette decorated with moiré pattern engine-turning within a round frame decorated in wave pattern engine-turning with advancing indexing every circle. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring. M. 19???, fire-gilded, ruby duplex escapement, ruby impulse pin, fire-gilded monometallic balance, flat balance spring, jeweled on five wheels, with balance and escape wheels with endstones in châton.Signed on dial and case.Diam. 48 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Moiré pattern engine-turning (in this case parallel waves with sharp breaks, skipping one out of every six) creates the illusion of a curtain behind which there is something magical.Vaucher Frères are best known for their watches for the Chinese market. This lot shows that they were capable of manufacturing high quality watches for the Western market as well.