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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 62

Allégrone & Emery, Geneva, made for the Islamic market, circa 1830. Fine 18K gold and enamel hunting-cased quarter-repeating watch with original gold and enamel Breguet-style key and short gold chain.

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 7,000 - 10,000 / USD 6,000 - 9,000

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, both covers centered by a rose enamel rosette with scarlet borders, the front one with a painted flower bouquet, the back with Arabic initials, outer borders divided into eight segments of alternating rose and green enamel, the green ones decorated with champlevé flowers, the rose ones with painted on enamel flowers, gold hinged cuvette, chased bezels, pendant and bow. D. White enamel, Islamic markers, outer minute ring. Gold Breguet hands. M. 42 mm (18 1/2???), frosted gilt, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring, compensation curb, pare-chute on the top pivot, repeating on gongs by pull-and-twist pendant. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 51 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3-52

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Provenance: Maryatt Collection Allégrone & Emery Watchmakers and merchants established rue Rousseau, 56, in the early 19th century. ?Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998. Islamic markers There has been some confusion as to the proper name for the numerals found on this watch. Sometimes they are referred to as Turkish numerals, sometimes as early Arabic numerals, sometimes as Arabic-Indic numerals. They originated in India and were adopted by the Arabs, who later came to prefer the numerals commonly used in the Occident, which we know as ?Arabic? numerals. However, some Islamic countries, including Turkey, continued to use the original markers instead of or in addition to the "Arabic" ones, as late as the twentieth century. For clarity, we prefer the term ?Islamic? markers.