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Lot Closed
June 16, 03:43 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
ETIENNE JOSEPH PEQUIGNOT / HÉLIODORE HUMBERT DROZ
A PINK GOLD QUARTER REPEATING MUSICAL WATCH
CIRCA 1820
[ 粉紅金二問報時音樂懷錶,年份約1820]
• Movement: frosted gilded, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, two barrels for going and musical train, pinned disc sur plateau musical movement with 27 tuned tines, polished hammers repeating on coiled gongs
• Dial: silver, eccentric engine-turned dial with Roman numerals, outer minute ring, signed to a banner above Etienne Joseph Pequignot, the surround with chased and engraved scene of a lady offering refreshment to the gentleman hunter
• Case: pink gold, polished back, milled band with slide for music, gilt cuvette signed Héliodore Humbert Droz, engraved with musical instruments, slide to the edge of the cuvette marked M/S for Musique/Silence, the inside back numbered 2450, 365 and with case maker's mark AH incuse
diameter 60mm
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Antiquorum Geneva, 14 June 2003, lot 200
Pritchard lists Humbert-Droz as a family of watchmakers who, during the 18th century, were one of the principle établissages in La Chaux-de-Fonds area. The company specialized in plain and repeating watches (see: K. Pritchard, Swiss Timepiece Makers 1775-1975, p.H-62).