CHAYETTE et CHEVAL
105
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WATCH with a three-colour gold balance staff, featuring a da…
See original version (French)
105
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WATCH with a three-colour gold balance staff, featuring a da…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,800 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
WATCH with a three-colour gold balance staff, featuring a date and day-of-the-week display, signed ‘Th[eodo]re Dubois au Locle’, circa 1770.
White enamel dial, Roman numerals for the hours, Arabic numerals for the minutes, rose-coloured subsidiary dials for the day of the week at 2 o’clock, seconds at 6 o’clock, date at 9 o’clock, gilded brass hands, with the hour and minute hands openworked and engraved.
Gilded brass movement, silver regulator disc, openwork and engraved bridge with a coqueret, verge escapement, cylindrical pillars, engraved balance cock.
Three-colour gold case bearing the inscription on the inside ‘Presented on 11 Nivôse, Year II’ [31 December 1793]; the case back engraved in relief with a military trophy.
Diameter 4.6 cm.
Expert: Anthony TURNER
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About the sale
THE MECHANISMS OF TIME: WATCHMAKING AND RELATED SCIENCES
Auction location
Auction time
10/09/2026 at 2:00 PM
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