The van Cauwenbergh Collection
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 29, 1989
Juillard Frères & Morel, Genève, circa 1850
Good 18-carat gold and enamel hunting case watch. Five body case with reeded band, a young lady with her child finely painted on the enamel cover, further ' champleve' enamelled and engraved floral decoration (slightly restored); moutain landscape painted on the enamel back with vine-branch decoration. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Gilt brass bar movement, 15 jewels, swan neck lateral leaver escapement, bimetallic balance. Good condition. Diam. 40 mm.