The van Cauwenbergh Collection
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 29, 1989
LOT 564
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1800.
HKD 200,000 - 300,000
CHF 40,000 - 60,000
Sold: HKD 218,500
Very rare and fine double face 18-carat gold and enamel watch with four automatons, depicting 'Le forgeron de flèches'. Double body case with polished bezels. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals. Blued steel 'spade' hands. On the rear face, an enamel painted mountain landscape with on the foreground an applied three coloured gold chiselled automaton scene with a pouring fountain, a cupid blowing the fire while two other cupids are forging the weapons of Venus. Double train full plate gilt brass movement with ' fusee' and chain, cylindrical pillars, verge escapement with plain brass three armed balance. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
