Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

LOT 132

Aubert a Paris, No. 1234, circa 1860. Fine and rare 18K gold watch with special escapement.

C. Double body Louis XV, engine-turned in a basketwork pattern with sapphire set push piece. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold Louis XV hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee with chain, Sully type frictional-rest escapement with a single escape wheel and double pallets on the balance staff, plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring. Gilt brass continental Louis XV cock with polished steel endpiece. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 46 mm.