The van Cauwenbergh Collection
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 29, 1989
LOT 433
Prevost Frères à Toulouse, Swiss, circa 1820.
HKD 30,000 - 40,000
Sold: HKD 27,600
Good 18-carat gold quarter repeating musical watch. Three body 'Empire' polished case with reeded band. Gilt brass cuvette. Engine turned silver dial with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. Gilt brass partly skeletonized double train movement with going barrels inverted cylinder escapement, plain brass three armed balance. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Musical train with pointed disc and vibrating steel blades. In very good condition. Diam. 60 mm.
