#64 • C. Bertrand- Verge Fusee Pocket Watch- 1700's

Part of Yellow Gallery - Great Furniture & Wide Variety of Estate Finds (timed auction by K and B Auction)

High bid $220.00

Status: Sold

1772-1789 Charles Bertrand- Paris- Pocket watch with high dome back and in highly decorated exterior protective case with German? newspaper as cushion- both cases are likely made of Sterling Silver, but are unmarked and is on Sterling silver fob chain- marked "925". Pocket watch has a Verge Fusee front wind (with key included) chain driven movement. Joseph Charles Paul Bertrand (1746-1789), known as Charles Bertrand, one of the most important Parisian clockmakers of the reign of Louis XVI and of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris. features a white porcelain enameled face with hand drawn numbers. Fob chain weighs approx. 31.06 grams, exterior case-29.38 grams and pocket watch is 84.23 grams. Running at time of listing. BP