Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 91

?Feeding the Ducks? Unsigned, Geneva, No. 1333, circa 1820. Very fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set watch made for the Chinese market. To be sold without reserve.

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,600 - 4,000 / USD 3,200 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 14,950

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, spring-loaded back with finely painted enamel scene of two children, a girl feeding ducks and a boy holding an eager dog in a woodland landscape, pearl-set bezels, the band pearl-set with translucent red enamel over engineturning, hinged gilt cuvette. D. Matted gold, engine-turned centre, champlevé radial Roman chapter ring, outer minute dot divisions. Gold ?serpentine? hands. M. 35.3 mm ø, gilt brass full plate, circular pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, two-footed cock pierced and engraved, rack and pinion regulator with silver plate. Diam. 45 mm.

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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Published in the Sandberg book, pages 328-329. The present lot was previously sold by Antiquorum Geneva on April 1, 2001 lot 371.