Fine Watches Including Masterworks of Time, Collector’s Watches
Fine Watches Including Masterworks of Time, Collector’s Watches
Andrè Hessen
Silver And Gold Verge Watch With Jasperware-Mounted Chatelaine,Paris, Circa 1785
Lot Closed
April 14, 09:47 AM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Andrè Hessen
Silver And Gold Verge Watch With Jasperware-Mounted Chatelaine,Paris,
Circa 1785
Dial: white enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, inner date ring
Calibre: gilded full plate, verge escapement, pierced and engraved double-screwed balance cock, fusee (chain lacking), signed Hefsen, A Paris, No. 477
Case: with ribbon-tied leaves and inset with a jasperware Classical plaque; suspended from a three-piece chatelaine with matching winder and hardstone seal, all inset with further jasperware plaques
Dimensions: Watch 40mm diameter; Chatelaine 135mm long
Signed: movement
Accessories: none