Lot 272
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Hirschauer. A fine and unusual 18K gold and agate openface verge watch
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Hirschauer. A fine and unusual 18K gold and agate openface verge watch

SIGNED J.C. HIRSCHAUER DRESDEN, NO. 48, CIRCA 1770

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Hirschauer. A fine and unusual 18K gold and agate openface verge watch
Signed J.C. Hirschauer Dresden, No. 48, circa 1770
With gilt-finished verge movement, engraved and pierced silver cock and foot, plain three arm steel balance, chain fusée, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, pierced gold hands, in agate case with gold frames, movement signed
46 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

Jürgen Abeler's Meister der Uhrmacherkunst lists several watches by J.C. Hirschauer, Dresden, notably an agate pocket watch, around 1770 (Private Collection).

The particularity of the present watch is its case, made of two entire pieces of agate polished to form the bezel and the case back. Agate, a semiprecious silica mineral, has been used for centuries for the manufacture of gems and ornaments.

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