Nicolas Gribelin, Paris, circa 1675
Vente aux enchères - Antiquorum N°135 - 14 novembre 1993 - Lot N°32

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Nicolas Gribelin, Paris, circa 1675
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Vente aux enchères
Antiquorum N°135
14 novembre 1993
Lot N°32

Nicolas Gribelin, Paris, circa 1675. Particularly fine early silver watch with alarum, and a most unusual decoration on the case.
  • CHF18 000 - 22 000
  • CHF 19 550


C. Double body, bassine with split bezel, the border of the back finely pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage (see note below). D. Plain polished silver with engraved Roman chapters, half and quarter hour divisions, and inner revolving alarm setting disc with Arabic numerals. Blued-steel hour pointer and single hand for alarm setting. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with gut-line, worm-andwheel set-up with blued-steel finely pierced brackets, verge escapement, plain two-arm steel balance without spring, silver oval cock with small foot, secured by a screw, and pierced and engraved with foliage. Alarm train with fixed silver barrel, pierced and engraved with foliage, steel train and blued-steel stop-work, striking on a bell. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 50 mm.
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