Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 10, 2015
LOT 240
GOLD & ENAMEL WATCH Swiss, No. 24766. Made circa 1830. Very fine, thin, 18K gold and enamel pocket watch.
CHF 1,200 - 2,200
HKD 10,000 - 18,000 / USD 1,300 - 2,300
Sold: CHF 1,875
Four-body, the case, pendant and bow entirely decorated with radial gold foliage and white champleve enamel flowers on a black champleve enamel ground, glazed aperture for the eccentric dial in the front cover. Hinged gold cuvette. Silver, engine-turned, radial champlevé Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. 38 mm., matte gilt, jewelled cylinder escapement with plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Case numbered.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-24 |
Good Slightly chipped |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |