102nd Auction

2020/6/29

Lot 241

Robert et Courvoisier, La Chaux-de-Fonds/Paris/Geneva, Case No. 7762, 122 mm, 1300 g, circa 1790
A large "Grand Sonnerie" quarter hour / hour repeating coach clock with quarter hour strike and alarm
Case: brass, firegilt, covered with tortoiseshell, sound holes, dome signed and monogrammed. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee for going train, 3 barrels for alarm and striking train, 4 hammers/1 bell, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Robert & Courvoisier traces back to the company Josue Robert which was founded in 1770; the founder worked in the business with his sons, his grandson and his son-in-law Louis Courvoisier until his death a year later. In 1781 the company was renamed to "Josue Robert & Fils" and Louis Courvoisier had a share in it; he was manager of the pocket watch division. The officers’ pocket watches by Robert & Courvoisier had an excellent reputation around the beginning of the 19th century and were often marked with traders’ signatures such as those of a number of watch dealers from Vienna.

estimated
9.00013.000 €
Price realized
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