Auction Closed
July 14, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
LS. DUCHÈNE ET FILS
A GOLD QUARTER REP♐EATING KEY WOUND MUSICAL WATCH
CIRCA 1820, NO. 94473
gilded musical movement, cylinder escapement, two standing barrels for going and musical trains, repeating on steel gongs, engine-turned gold dial signed Ls. Duchène et Fils, white enamel roundels carrying Arabic numerals surrounded by engraved foliage, gilded cuvette with apertures for winding and hand-setting with corresponding directionals and signed Ls. Duchène & Fils, No 94473, gold cas𓆏e, short slide for silence/music to the band𒁏,
diameter 55mm
Ls. Duchène et Fils are recorded by Tardy in Dictionnaire des Horlogers Français, 1971, Vol. 1, p. 194.