The van Cauwenbergh Collection
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 29, 1989
LOT 539
BAUTTE à Genève, circa 1840.
HKD 9,000 - 11,000
CHF 1,800 - 21,200
Sold: HKD 9,200
Good extra 18-carat gold and enamel watch with ' Bagnolet' caliber. Triple body case with chiselled edges, pendant and bow, the back engine turned in a 'vermicelli' pattern and centred with a very nice champleve enamelled roset. Silver dial with Roman numerals and a central floral decoration. Blued steel 'spade' hands. Fine gilt brass inverted movement, eight jewels with the train of wheel, the cylinder escapement and the plain brass three armed balance sunk in the single plate engraved with scrolls, below the dial. In good condition. Diam. 42 mm.
