Lot Essay
Jean de Choudens, a Geneva watchmaker working in the second half of the 17th century.
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JEAN DE CHOUDENS. CIRCA 1670
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A SWISS SILVER PRE-HAIRSPRING VERGE POCKET WATCH
Jean de Choudens. Circa 1670
The silver case with shuttered winding hole and split bezel, silver champlevé dial with Roman numerals, inner quarter markers, single steel hand, gilt movement with chain fusee, turned baluster pillars, steel balance, finely pierced and engraved foliate balance cock with oval foot secured by a screw, steel worm and wheel regulation with pierced blued steel brackets, signed J de Choudens within a finely engraved foliate and floral cartouche
1 5/8 in. (43 mm.) diameter
Jean de Choudens. Circa 1670
The silver case with shuttered winding hole and split bezel, silver champlevé dial with Roman numerals, inner quarter markers, single steel hand, gilt movement with chain fusee, turned baluster pillars, steel balance, finely pierced and engraved foliate balance cock with oval foot secured by a screw, steel worm and wheel regulation with pierced blued steel brackets, signed J de Choudens within a finely engraved foliate and floral cartouche
1 5/8 in. (43 mm.) diameter
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.