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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Nov 25, 2006

LOT 109

?The Ball? Ch. Moricand a Genève, No. 37032. Made circa 1800. Fine, 18K gold and champlevé enamel ball-form pendant watch.

HKD 20,000 - 30,000

USD 2,500 - 4,000 / EUR 2,000 - 3,000

Sold: HKD 25,960

C. Two-body, spherical, with gold floral decoration on a black ground, pale blue enamel rhomboids forming a band around the upper half, each decorated with a flower, torch or pair of doves, white enamel dot central border, the lower half with gold sunrays and a pale blue panel with white and gold flowers. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gold "spade" hands. M. 21 mm., hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-plate, silvered regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 25 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-55

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-54-01

Good

Service dial

HANDS Original

Notes

See: ?Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois?, Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.