LOUIS DARLAUD, Genève

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2000 - 3000 EUR
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Result : 3 640EUR
LOUIS DARLAUD, Genève
Silver watch with double case with alarm function Outer case on hinge, chased, embossed and pierced decoration, stylized bezel with motifs and cartouches representing animals, the back with the same motifs and decorated with trophies in cartouches. Hinged inner case, the caseband chased and pierced with foliage motifs, a mascaron in the lower part, the smooth back with a stylized flower in the center. Silvered and hammered dial with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes, minute track, disc in the center for setting the time of the alarm function, two openings for the key winding. Mechanical movement with key winding, chased and pierced continental cock, balance spring, regulating disc, fusee and chain, verge escapement, bell chimes, plate embellished with scrolls and signed "Louis Darlaud à Genève". Diam. 60 mm (outer case) Diam. 51 mm (inner case) Gross weight. 42.3 gr (outer case) Gross weight. 159.4 g (inner case) Louis Darlaud. Master Watchmaker of the first half of the 18th century quoted in the dictionary of the Geneva watchmakers, the "factory" and the ancillary arts from the 16th century to our days, p. 77, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions.
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