Hahn à Echterdingen
A FINE AND RARE GOLD SINGLE CASED ASTRONOMICAL CYLINDER WATCH WITH CALENDAR, PERIODS OF THE DAY, DEAD CENTRE SECONDS AND HALF-SECOND BEATING BALANCE CIRCA 1800
• Movement: gilded full plate, cylinder escapement, large half-second beating five-arm flat brass balance, large and unusual decoratively pierced and engraved circular balance bridge with central regulation sector, multi-faceted red endstone, the coils of the mainspring going barrel exposed within an aperture to the backplate, cylindrical pillars, signed Hahn Echterdingen
• Dial: white enamel, three subsidiary dials for time with Roman numerals and Arabic quarter hour divisions, date combined with months and indication for their length, periods of the day and night combined with days of the week represented by their planetary symbols, signed Hahn à Echter Dingen
• Case: pink gold, polished with moulded bezels, gilt-metal bow
diameter 62mm
Provenance:
Antiquorum Geneva, 12 November 2006, lot 14
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A FINE AND RARE GOLD SINGLE CASED ASTRONOMICAL CYLINDER WATCH WITH CALENDAR, PERIODS OF THE DAY, DEAD CENTRE SECONDS AND HALF-SECOND BEATING BALANCE CIRCA 1800
• Movement: gilded full plate, cylinder escapement, large half-second beating five-arm flat brass balance, large and unusual decoratively pierced and engraved circular balance bridge with central regulation sector, multi-faceted red endstone, the coils of the mainspring going barrel exposed within an aperture to the backplate, cylindrical pillars, signed Hahn Echterdingen
• Dial: white enamel, three subsidiary dials for time with Roman numerals and Arabic quarter hour divisions, date combined with months and indication for their length, periods of the day and night combined with days of the week represented by their planetary symbols, signed Hahn à Echter Dingen
• Case: pink gold, polished with moulded bezels, gilt-metal bow
diameter 62mm
Provenance:
Antiquorum Geneva, 12 November 2006, lot 14
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