The van Cauwenbergh Collection
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 29, 1989
LOT 481
Ls. George à Berlin, circa 1790.
HKD 50,000 - 60,000
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
Sold: HKD 63,250
Good 18-carat gold centre sweep seconds, calendar stop-watch with a second beating balance and an early form of lever escapement. Double body polished case. Off-set white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and a subsidiary chapter for the calendar (hair crack). Gold hands. Fine gilt brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, Pouzait type lever escapement, very large, second beating, plain brass, four armed balance with diamond endstone. In good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
