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255-4346 Absolute rarity: a gold, complicated coach clock, Abraham Yver, Angoulême, ca. 1675
Ca. Ø68mm, approx. 270g, extremely rare gold case, pierced, bell, highly complicated, signed verge movement with very special pillars, self-strike and alarm, pierced barrels, signed gold dial, iron hands, sensational, almost like new condition, in working order. The watch is a museum treasure. A coach clock from this period with a gold case is a real sensation, even rarer than the gold-cased oignons, of which there are only about five known examples. Abraham Yver (Hyver or Yuer, 1620-1680) was the head of one of the most influential watchmaking families in northern France. In the ‘Memoire sur la Généralité de Limoges’, published in 1698, we read that the Yver family of Angoulême enjoyed the highest reputation with the kings and in the cities of Saintes, Blois, Poitiers and others. All family members were Protestants and had connections to clockmakers in Blois. Ten members of the Yver family are recorded as living in Angoulême between 1670 and 1783.
Hammerprice: 55.000 €
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