LOT 4235 Pocket watch: museum-like rarity, Louis XIV oignon watch rep...
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Pocket watch: museum-like rarity, Louis XIV oignon watch repeater with solid gold case and gold dial, Antoine Frizon Paris, ca. 1705, only 4 pieces are known!: Ca. Ø59.5mm, ca. 194g, extremely splendid and beautifully preserved gold case with sound openings, various animal motifs, tendrils and floral motifs, bell punched BII, signed verge movement with high pillars and regulation in manner of Tompion, repeating the hours and quarters on bell, unique gold/ enamel dial (small imperfections in the enamel), original hands, intact. The watch is an absolute rarity. Oignons from the Louis XIV period were made in gold only for the highest demands. So far only 4 of these watches have been registered: 1. The one presented here; 2. Oignon by Delorme, sold at Sotheby's for about 56,000 Swiss Francs in 2011 (https://www.cortrie.de/go/3BM), 3. A gold oignon at the Patek Philippe Museum. 4. And another one at the Musee du Louvre. According to our knowledge, the Frizon watch presented here has already been auctioned twice, the first time in Geneva in 2012, estimated at 30,000 - 50,000CHF (source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/bmX), and once again in our 145th auction with a selling price of ca. 26,000€ (source: https://www.cortrie.de/go/aqW).
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