Lot 556

Christian Moricand à Genève, Movement No. 39579, 73 mm, 248 g, circa 1790
An oversized Geneva verge pocket watch
Case: silver, radial engine-turned, case maker's punch mark "SS". Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
Christian Moricand (1715-1791) was a watchmaker in Geneva who was associated with his brother Benjamin Moricand and François Colladon from 1752 to 1755 . Several other associations followed.