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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
LOT 102
"Musical & Repeating Flower Bouquet" Swiss, (Fleurier). Made for the Chinese market, circa 1860. Fine and rare, musical, quarter-repeating, gilt metal, painted on enamel and split-pearl-set pocket watch playing music on the hour or at will.
HKD 120,000 - 140,000
USD 16,000 - 18,000 / EUR 12,000 - 14,000
Sold: HKD 224,200
C. Four-body, split pearl-set bezels, pendant and bow, reeded band, the back cover decorated with painted on enamel bouquet of flowers on a turquoise ground. Glazed gilt-rimmed cuvette. D. White enamel with narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minutes and seconds divisions, Arabic 15-minute/second numerals. Blued steel ?Chinese? hands. M. 50 mm., matte gilt decorated with painted on enamel flowers, going barrel, cylinder escapement, four-arm brass balance with applied steel weights, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band, sur plateau musical movement with 22 tuned steel teeth playing on both sides of the pinned disc, at will / play / silence levers for the music under the bezel. Diam. 63 mm. Property of a European Gentleman
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-15-50 |
Good Slightly rusted |
Movement: 3-7-9** |
Good Oxidized Scratched Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-53-01 |
Good Reprinted HANDS Original |