#Pollished brass timekeeper full

#Pollished brass timekeeper full

32,mm, gilt brass full plate with octagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring, silver cock with streamers, pierced and engraved with two mythical creatures among scrolling decoration, straight cut foot, early all-or-nothing repeating system with both racks under the dial, repeating on bell or à tact by depressing the pendant.Signed on the dial, back plate and the dust cap, the inner case stamped 'AG'.Diam. Gold, champlevé enamel Roman hour chapter, arched outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers. Inner: two-body, 'bassine', deep back, band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, mask at six o'clock, polished back with small engraved rosette in the center, silver dust cap. Outer: two-body, the back very finely repoussé, depicting Moses holding the tablets of The Ten Commandments, pierced and repoussé bezels with flowers and scrolling. Timekeeper with 1 ComplicationMoses and the Ten CommandmentsDebeaufre, London, circa 1720.Very fine 22K gold pair-cased half quarter-repeating and à tact watch.Ĭ. 39,7 mm, gilt brass, full plate with unusual lion-head pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, single-footed pierced and engraved cock with straight foot and long streamers, applied plate over the movement decorated en suite to the cock foot, worm-gear and wheel set-up, rack and pinion regulator with silver plate, repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant.Signed on dial and movement.Diam.

Gilt silver, champlevé Roman numerals, inner half-hour ring with fleur-de-lis pointers, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers in oval polished cartouches, center chased wih symmetrical scrolls.

Inner: two-body, 'bassine', band pierced and engraved with foliage, polished back with small engraved rosette. Outer: two-body, 'bassine' with square hinge, bezels pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, small vignettes with animals, back chased with foliage, and scrolling surmounted by two exotic birds. Timekeeper with 1 ComplicationJoh(an) Hen(rich) Bachoffen, Zürich, circa 1700.Fine and very rare gilt silver, pair-cased quarter-repeating watch.Ĭ. 38,5 mm, gilt full plate mounted to hinged dial plate, four vase pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapementwith plain three-arm steel balance and short 2 1/4-turn balance spring, symmetrical trefoil gilt cock with short foot secured by a screw, Tompion type regulator, ratchet wheel and click mainspring set-up, regular four-wheel train, steel alarm train driven from fixed barrel pierced and engraved with floral pattern, striking on a bell on both sides of a short oval cantilevered hammer.Signed on the back plate.Diam. Gilt brass, champlevé Roman hour chapter on matte ground with inner quarter-hour ring, center with rotating alarm disc with Arabic numerals and blued steel fleur-de-lis single pointer. Inner: gilt brass, two-body, 'bassine', florally pierced and engraved band, polished back, turned pendant, loose ring. Timekeeper with 1 ComplicationJaques Girod, (Coppet) Genève, circa 1680.Fine and very rare pair-cased gilt metal single-hand watch with alarm and early balance spring.Ĭ.