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LOUIS DUCHÊNE，罕有，18K金及琺瑯，雙錶盤懷錶，備活動人偶，約1820年製
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LOUIS DUCHÊNE，罕有，18K金及琺瑯，雙錶盤懷錶，備活動人偶，約1820年製

SIGNED LS. DUCHÊNE & FILS, NO. 58070, CIRCA 1820

已結束2012年11月12日

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CHF 62,500

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LOUIS DUCHÊNE，罕有，18K金及琺瑯，雙錶盤懷錶，備活動人偶，約1820年製

LOUIS DUCHÊNE. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL DOUBLE DIAL TWO-TRAIN WATH WITH THREE AUTOMATONS SIGNED LS. DUCHENE & FILS, NO. 58070, CIRCA 1820 Gilt-finished keywound two-train movement, verge escapement, chain fusée, white enamel dial, Breguet numerals, an applied varicolour gold scene with three automatons to the reverse depicting a cooper’s workshop, one cooper planing a stave while the second is hammering onto a barrel, a fountain with realistically running water to the right, all over a painted polychrome enamel scene depicting the inside of the cooper’s workshop, a lakeside scene in the background, circular case, automaton start/stop lever in the band, dial signed, pendant numbered 54 mm. diam.


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The present watch is a fine example of an automaton watch made by one of Geneva's most celebrated makers of the period, featuring three automatons: one cooper planing, the second one hammering on a stave of a barrel while simultaneously a stream of water is realistically running from the fountain.

The vari-colour gold scene is of fine quality and impresses by the delicately carved details, enhanced by the beautifully painted enamel background view, demonstrating the celebrated art of enamel miniatures originating from Geneva in the early 19th century.

The master watchmaker Louis Duchêne (1730-1804) of Geneva was renowned for his automata and repeating watches. As of 1791 his son was taken into partnership, the firm becoming "Louis Duchêne & Fils". Father and son excelled in the manufacture of finely enamelled form watches and watches with all conceivable complications such as minute repeating, Petite et Grande Sonnerie, date, jump hours, but were probably best known for their extraordinary automata watches which they also supplied to China.

Different watches and automata signed Ls Duchêne & Fils are illustrated in Technique and History of the Swiss Watch by Eugène Jaquet and Alfred Chapuis, plates 74, 87, 102 and 110. The firm is furthermore mentioned in La Montre Chinoise by Alfred Chapuis, p. 65.