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SIGNED F. COURVOISIER, NOS. 6107 AND 6507, CIRCA 1850
Details
F. COURVOISIER. AN EXTREMELY FINE, RARE AND THIN GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET OPENFACE PAIR CASE CABRIOLET WATCH WITH KEYWOUND CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT
SIGNED F. COURVOISIER, NOS. 6107 AND 6507, CIRCA 1850
MOVEMENT: Manual
DIAL: White enamel, Roman numerals
CASE: Gold, engraved cuvette, the inner case with painted polychrome enamel scene of a couple snuggled together to the engraved scrolled foliage border, the outer case with enamel scene of two maidens in a garden, with pearl-set blue enamel bezel, 38 mm. diam.
SIGNED: Cuvette signed and numbered, inner and outer case numbered
ACCOMPANIED BY: A fitted presentation box and key
SIGNED F. COURVOISIER, NOS. 6107 AND 6507, CIRCA 1850
MOVEMENT: Manual
DIAL: White enamel, Roman numerals
CASE: Gold, engraved cuvette, the inner case with painted polychrome enamel scene of a couple snuggled together to the engraved scrolled foliage border, the outer case with enamel scene of two maidens in a garden, with pearl-set blue enamel bezel, 38 mm. diam.
SIGNED: Cuvette signed and numbered, inner and outer case numbered
ACCOMPANIED BY: A fitted presentation box and key
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Further Details
These two charming pocket watches (Lots 2753 and 2754) belonged to the present owner’s father who was a French master clockmaker. Coming from a long lineage of clock makers, the original owner established his clock making atelier in Paris in 1960. As a master craftsman, he studied clock mechanisms and developed a particular passion for automatons, clocks and watches from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The owner especially cherished these two fine examples of nineteenth century enamel pocket watches which exhibit refined craftsmanship in both the mechanism and decoration. For over 20 years, he personally looked after these watches, servicing and restoring the mechanism, thus preserving them in their exceptional working condition till the present day.
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