Important Collector's, Watches, Wrist...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000
LOT 380
Angiolo Rota, a Roma, circa 1720.Very fine and rare pair-cased coach watch.
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
USD 14,000 - 17,000
Sold: CHF 32,200
C. Outer: double-body, silver mounted and chagrin entered with silver disc. Inner: double-body, "bassine", silver, polished. D. Silver champlevé with Roman black numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued-steel 'poker and beetle' hands. M. Fire-gilded full-plate, verge escapement, plain four-arm steel balance, 2.5 coil steel balance spring, two-feet large cock pierced and engraved with three masks and foliage decoration, fusee and chain.Signed on the movement.Diam. 91 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |
Notes
Angiolo Rota worked in Rome at the turn of 17th and 18th century. There is a record that in 1717 he built a timepiece for Don Alessandro Colonna.