101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 607
Les Frères Wiss à Gèneve, Height 170 mm, circa 1790
An ornamental quarter hour repeating Pendule d'Officier with quarter hour/hour strike and alarm
Case: brass, in the style and shape of a Neuchatel pendulum clock, front with engraved flower decor, glazed dial, handle on top, bun feet. Dial: enamel. Movm.: brass clock movement, keywind, 5 hammers / 2 bells, finely ground rack strike levers applied on the back side, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
The Wiss brothers Jacob and Pierre Isaac worked as watch- and clockmakers in Geneva between 1760 and 1775. In 1775 they became partners in Abraham Amalric’s business and they established the company "Wiss Frères & Almaric" together.
An ornamental quarter hour repeating Pendule d'Officier with quarter hour/hour strike and alarm
Case: brass, in the style and shape of a Neuchatel pendulum clock, front with engraved flower decor, glazed dial, handle on top, bun feet. Dial: enamel. Movm.: brass clock movement, keywind, 5 hammers / 2 bells, finely ground rack strike levers applied on the back side, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
The Wiss brothers Jacob and Pierre Isaac worked as watch- and clockmakers in Geneva between 1760 and 1775. In 1775 they became partners in Abraham Amalric’s business and they established the company "Wiss Frères & Almaric" together.
Sold
estimated
4.200—6.000 €
Price realized
5.000 €