Lot 79

Courvoisier Frères, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Case No. 360, 46 mm, 55 g, circa 1810
A splendour gold enamel verge pocket watch
Case: 18k gold, enamel, paste stones, case maker punch mark "CL". Dial: two-tone silvered, engine-turned and engraved, applied two-tone gold flower ornaments. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
Case, bezels, pendant and bow of this timepiece are lavishly ornamented with granulated gold. Pink and white paste stones decorate the back and an octagonal enamel medallion showing a lady wearing a tiara and holding a parakeet. The lady’s high social status is epitomized by the fact that the bird is allowed to roam freely.
Brothers Henri-Louis and Philippe Auguste Courvoisier traded from 1842 on under the name "Courvoisier Frères". When more brothers joined the partnership in 1882, they changed the company name to "Courvoisier Fils". Specialising in high quality watches, they were commissioned by the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds to create a watch for the Prussian King William IV; at the time this ultra-flat watch was supposedly the thinnest in the world.
Provenance: Landrock Collection