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Lot 507
JOSEF NEIMEIR, GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE PAIR CASED QUARTER REPEATING VERGE WATCH
Closed18 May 2021
Price Realised
CHF 4,375
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Specialist note
The watchmaker Josef Neimeir was active in Vienna in the 18th century.
The painted enamel miniature on the case back of the present watch depicts Hercules and Omphale, inspired by a myth recounted by the Ancient Greek scholar Apollodorus of Athens and the Roman poet Ovid. According to the legend, Hercules was condemned by the gods to redemption through servitude for accidentally killing the young man Iphitus. The mighty hero was sentenced by the supreme God Zeus to servitude under the Lydian queen Omphale by carrying out women's work.
The painted enamel miniature on the case back of the present watch depicts Hercules and Omphale, inspired by a myth recounted by the Ancient Greek scholar Apollodorus of Athens and the Roman poet Ovid. According to the legend, Hercules was condemned by the gods to redemption through servitude for accidentally killing the young man Iphitus. The mighty hero was sentenced by the supreme God Zeus to servitude under the Lydian queen Omphale by carrying out women's work.