Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 231

?Art Nouveau? Swiss. Made circa 1900. Very fine, keyless, 18K yellow gold and enamel, diamond-set, Art Nouveau ?Boule de Genève?, suspended from a matching brooch. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, the band pavé-set with rose-cut diamonds, covers with applied diamond-set gold flowers and leaves finished with translucent green and red enamel, top surmounted by applied red enamel flower with a stem forming the suspension for the brooch which consists of chiseled, chased, engraved diamondset and enameled gold floral and foliate frame with a pin and a hook at the back. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, the ?12? in red, minute chapter ring in gold paillon dots, snap-on fit. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 14.6 mm. (6 1/2???), bi-level movement, frosted gilt, 15 jewels, lateral lever escapement, cutbimetallic compensation balance, flat balance-spring, wound by revolving the bezel, as per Marius LeCoultre patent. Diam. 19 mm.