Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 207

"The Tavern" Romilly, à Paris. Made circa 1775. Fine, 20K gold and painted on enamel pocket watch.

C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, the back painted with a scene of the interior of a tavern with two gentlemen seated at a table, the border and bezel chased with scrolls. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 3 o?clock. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 34 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, micrometric potence adjustment, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, continental cock, silver regulation disc. Movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.