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Luke Skydropper
·Dear community,
It has been a harsh year for me. Getting through many personal challenges, suffering the loss of my beloved dad, helped me actually to stop and rethink my purpose in life.
What always helped me to define my personality was a collector's gene. Something I inherited and that is an indisputable part of me. Treasure hunting is a spice of my life. Of course, it is very closely interwined with the obsession with watches and now also clocks.
As a collector, I calibrated my 6th sense capable of identifying the sheer value of a strange and unique object. Recalibrating my compass, I decided to go beyond my comfort zone again and hunt for the exotic timepieces.
The clock - Boucheron Paris, you are looking at, is one of my latest finds. I grabbed it in the French auction among more than 400 lots. This utterly beautiful and complicated clock hypnotized me.
Based on my findings, it is a "pendulette", a table clock encapsulated in the Agate stone, framed in a golden rectangular frame inlaid with the filigree enamelled details. The engine turned dial is absolutely mesmerizing, full of intricate details. My guess is, that the hands are made of white gold or platinum, hour and minute hands set with rose-cut diamonds. Moonphase disc is sort of icing on the cake, balancing the aesthetics of the clock face brilliantly.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen the movement yet. It's supposed to be an important clock with a very low serial number 10x. Not many complicated clocks from this era bear Boucheron's name. There are, though handful of counterparts from Cartier.
I am mostly interested in the watch dial material it is made from, historical facts of a Boucheron table clocks, relations to the Cartier and anything worth commenting
Looking forward to your opinion, thoughts, and comments in advance!
Kind regards,
Luke
It has been a harsh year for me. Getting through many personal challenges, suffering the loss of my beloved dad, helped me actually to stop and rethink my purpose in life.
What always helped me to define my personality was a collector's gene. Something I inherited and that is an indisputable part of me. Treasure hunting is a spice of my life. Of course, it is very closely interwined with the obsession with watches and now also clocks.
As a collector, I calibrated my 6th sense capable of identifying the sheer value of a strange and unique object. Recalibrating my compass, I decided to go beyond my comfort zone again and hunt for the exotic timepieces.
The clock - Boucheron Paris, you are looking at, is one of my latest finds. I grabbed it in the French auction among more than 400 lots. This utterly beautiful and complicated clock hypnotized me.
Based on my findings, it is a "pendulette", a table clock encapsulated in the Agate stone, framed in a golden rectangular frame inlaid with the filigree enamelled details. The engine turned dial is absolutely mesmerizing, full of intricate details. My guess is, that the hands are made of white gold or platinum, hour and minute hands set with rose-cut diamonds. Moonphase disc is sort of icing on the cake, balancing the aesthetics of the clock face brilliantly.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen the movement yet. It's supposed to be an important clock with a very low serial number 10x. Not many complicated clocks from this era bear Boucheron's name. There are, though handful of counterparts from Cartier.
I am mostly interested in the watch dial material it is made from, historical facts of a Boucheron table clocks, relations to the Cartier and anything worth commenting
Looking forward to your opinion, thoughts, and comments in advance!
Kind regards,
Luke
