Lot 417

Abraham Colomby, Geneva, Movement No. 4565, 38 mm, 53 g, circa 1760
An ornamental, small gold enamel verge pocket watch with quarter repeater
Case: 22k gold, enamel, paste-stones, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, three-arm brass balance.
The back cover is costly engine-turned and translucent honey-coloured enamelled. In the centre is a cartouche with a small paste-set blossom against a blue background and framed by a white bead patterned border, which is repeated at the outer edge. The case band is decorated with blue, red and white Champlevé flowers; paste-set bezel, dial, hands and pendant.
Abraham Colomby (or Collomb, Colombi and Colomb) was a Swiss maker and retailer who came from a famous watchmaking family in Geneva. He was born in 1702 as son of watchmaker Jean Pierre Collomb (1659-1738) and Jeanne Mussard (1657-1726), the daughter of master goldsmith Jean le Jeune Mussard. Abraham Colomby died in Geneva in 1776.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Colomby,_Abraham, as of 03/12/2017

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