Vaucher Frères. A very rare, large and unusual silver and 18K pink gold openface cylinder watch with box
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Vaucher Frères. A very rare, large and unusual silver and 18K pink gold openface cylinder watch with box

Signed Vaucher Frères, No. 11649, circa 1820

Closed16 May 2016

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CHF 6,000

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Vaucher Frères. A very rare, large and unusual silver and 18K pink gold openface cylinder watch with box

Signed Vaucher Frères, No. 11649, circa 1820
Gilt-finished keywound cylinder movement, gold cuvette, engine-turned two-tone silvered dial, Roman numerals on plain chapter ring, large circular silver case, pink gold bezel, pendant and bow, engine-turned silver reverse with pink gold rim, eccentric small oval cartouche with blue champlevé enamel monogram, cuvette signed and numbered, dial signed
73 mm. diam.

Specialist note

Delivered with original fitted red leather and gold tooled presentation box containing a spare crystal and spare mainspring.

This particularly large and very beautiful watch was evidently inspired by the watches of Abraham-Louis Breguet. The combination of pink gold and silver is very elegant as is the fine engine-turned silver dial. Preserved in very good overall condition the watch is furthermore sold with the original fitted box, spare crystal and mainspring.