POCKET WATCH, DEROCHES. METAL, ENAMEL, ETC. POSSIBLY CIRCA LATE 18TH CENTURY.
Antiques -
Reference: ZE327
Pocket watch, Deroches Brothers. Gilt metal, enamels, etc. Possibly towards the end of the 18th century. Pocket watch with a case with a transparent glass section and an enamelled composition on the back (two ladies, with a score on a music stand, one of them playing a harp). The white dial has Arabic numerals for the hours and vertical lines and Arabic numerals every 15 units for the minutes, and the text “Deroches”. The movement is delicately decorated and engraved with a serial number and the name “Deroches”. Similar pocket watches signed by the Deroches Brothers dating from the second half of the 18th century and examples by “Frères Deroches & Cìa.” from the 19th century are known.
· Size: 6.5x5x3 cms.
2.000 €