Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019

LOT 584

UNSIGNED POCKET WATCH WITH CONCEALED EROTIC SCENE; 18K YELLOW GOLD PLATED

HKD 26,000 - 44,000

CHF 3,400 - 5,600 / USD 3,450 - 5,750

18K yellow gold plated, hunting-case, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and an erotic scene painted on enamel on copper, concealed in a secret compartment of the case-back, showing a naked couple “making the beast with two backs” … as Shakespeare said! Cover and case-back guilloché engine-turned.

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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-11

Good

Slightly worn

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01/69_71

Good

Brand Unsigned

Year circa 1860

Calibre  19''', gilded brass, with going barrel, straightline equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance and blued steel flat hairspring

Material 18K yellow gold plated (probably on silver)

Caliber 19''', gilded brass, with going barrel, straightlineequilibrated lever escapement, compensatedbalance and blued steel flat hairspring

Dimensions Ø 53.5 mm.