Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 20, 2001

LOT 46

Peau de ChagrinBreguet a Paris, No 3686, Swiss, circa 1835.Fine and unusual, 18K gold and enamel, pendant watch in original Morocco fitted box.

C. four-body, "bassine", spring-loaded back cover decorated with roses finely painted on enamel against a painted pattern imitating shagreen, the bezel painted on enamel en suite, the bow and pendant decorated with azure champlevé enamel, gold hinged cuvette. D. silver, engine-turned with an unusual motif of twelve quivers against a concentric engine-turned pattern, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold "Breguet" hands. M. 29 mm ø, gilt brass, early bar caliber, 6 jewels, cylinder escapemnt, three-arm gilt balance, flat balance-spring.Diam. 35 mm.Signed on the movement.