Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

LOT 427

Swiss, circa 1810. Fine 18K gold pearl-set ring watch with visible balance, in original red Morocco fitted box.

C. Two piece, marquise with split-pearl set bezel, a slide on the back disclosing the winding and setting holes. D. Silver engine-turned, the balance aperture flanked by the small Arabic chapter ring for hours and minutes and the subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Navette shaped brass inverted full plate with cylindrical pillars, the fixed barrel with revolving arbor, cylinder escapement paste-set four arm balance oscillating against a blued steed ground, flat balance spring. Dim. 35 x 21 mm.