Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 20, 2001

LOT 81

Henry Lepaute, Hger. du Roi et de la ville, Paris, No. 3786, circa 1845.Fine and rare, 18K gold, lapis-lazuli and diamond-set, pendant watch with matching chain.

C. four-body, "bassine et filets", spring-loaded back cover made from a single piece of lapis-lazuli set in a small gold, hinged bezel, centered by a elaborate gold initials set with rose-cut diamonds, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette, matching chain with lapis-lazuli links and spherical gold links joined by gold rings, finished with a matching seal and bar. D. white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold "Breguet" hands. M. 29 mm ø, gilt brass, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, thre-arm gilt balance, blued steel flat balance-spring, repeating on gongs through activating a slide in the band.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 33 mm.