102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 410
Louis Duchêne & Fils, Case No. 75959, 59 mm, 139 g, circa 1820
A decorative quarter repeating pocket watch "shepherd's scene" with rare musical movement with barrel
Case: 18k rose gold. Dial: gilt, partly enamelled. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, cylinder escapement, three-arm ring balance, pin barrel.
The exquisitely executed scene on the dial showing a shepherd with two of his flock conceals a fine cylinder movement that is released by the press of a button. The watch was made by Louis Duchêne, who was famous for his high quality automata; here the mechanism sits under a gilt cover decorated with lines of the staff.
Duchêne & Fils were active in Geneva between around 1790 and 1820. The firm specialized in enamelled and fantasy watches.
A decorative quarter repeating pocket watch "shepherd's scene" with rare musical movement with barrel
Case: 18k rose gold. Dial: gilt, partly enamelled. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, cylinder escapement, three-arm ring balance, pin barrel.
The exquisitely executed scene on the dial showing a shepherd with two of his flock conceals a fine cylinder movement that is released by the press of a button. The watch was made by Louis Duchêne, who was famous for his high quality automata; here the mechanism sits under a gilt cover decorated with lines of the staff.
Duchêne & Fils were active in Geneva between around 1790 and 1820. The firm specialized in enamelled and fantasy watches.
Sold
estimated
5.000—7.000 €
Price realized
6.500 €