Important Watches and Wristwatches
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 28, 1989
LOT 301
J.F. Bautte & Cie, Genève, circa 1840. Tao Kuang
HKD 30,000 - 40,000
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
Sold: HKD 39,100
Rare and fine 18-carat gold and enamel pair cased cabriolet' watch. Small gold chain and enamelled ratchet key. Three body outer case decorated overall with engraved and 'champlevé' enamelled ornaments, fine painted enamel medallion on the back depicting two ladies in Renaissance dresses. Four boy inner case with a similar decoration a painted enamel Chinese lakeside landscape on the back with jonks and the chapel of Guillaume Tell on the foreground. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel Breguet hands, gilt brass bar movement, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement with plain gilt brass three armed balance. In very good condition. Diam. 35 mm.
