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VAUCHER FRÈRES
Late 18th century
Gold watch with complete calendar and striking mechanism with quarter repetition on snake-shaped gongs
Case: round on hinge, the back entirely guilloché with a blank cartouche without monogram in the center, fluted caseband, striking release on the pendant, safety catch on the edge, gilt metal bowl signed and numbered "Vaucher Frères No. 10356".
Dial: white enamel with Arabic numerals and stylized hands, auxiliary dials for days of the week, date and months with the number of days in 30, 31 or 28, small second hand and railway minute track, signed on the base "Vaucher Frères".
Movement: mechanical with key winding, three-arm spiral balance, pin escapement, adjusting racket on the balance bridge with a ruby, striking for quarter repetition with two hammers on snake-shaped gongs.
Accompanied by a watch key
Diameter: 61 mm
Gross weight 150 g
VAUCHER FRERES
Late 18th century
Gold quarter repeating watch with serpent gongs and triple calendar
Vaucher Frères, located in Geneva and La Chaux-de-Fonds, were renowned manufacturers of high-quality watches and small clocks, active between 1780 and 1830. The name is cited in Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois, p. 394, Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions.
Late 18th century
Gold watch with complete calendar and striking mechanism with quarter repetition on snake-shaped gongs
Case: round on hinge, the back entirely guilloché with a blank cartouche without monogram in the center, fluted caseband, striking release on the pendant, safety catch on the edge, gilt metal bowl signed and numbered "Vaucher Frères No. 10356".
Dial: white enamel with Arabic numerals and stylized hands, auxiliary dials for days of the week, date and months with the number of days in 30, 31 or 28, small second hand and railway minute track, signed on the base "Vaucher Frères".
Movement: mechanical with key winding, three-arm spiral balance, pin escapement, adjusting racket on the balance bridge with a ruby, striking for quarter repetition with two hammers on snake-shaped gongs.
Accompanied by a watch key
Diameter: 61 mm
Gross weight 150 g
VAUCHER FRERES
Late 18th century
Gold quarter repeating watch with serpent gongs and triple calendar
Vaucher Frères, located in Geneva and La Chaux-de-Fonds, were renowned manufacturers of high-quality watches and small clocks, active between 1780 and 1830. The name is cited in Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois, p. 394, Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions.