Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019

LOT 530

AMALRIC DECORATIVE POCKET WATCH; THE ENAMEL IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER; YELLOW GOLD AND ENAMEL

HKD 30,000 - 40,000

CHF 3,950 - 5,600 / USD 4,000 - 5,750

Yellow gold and enamel, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, "Directoire" pocket watch. Case-back painted on enamel on gold by an unidentified Genevan workshop, showing a young loving couple, on a royal blue flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning); the painting on enamel on gold attributable to Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841), Geneva.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-75

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Slightly restored soft enamel

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Amalric Père & Fils

Year circa 1790

Movement No. 15 307

Calibre  17''', full plate, gilded brass, with fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock

Material yellow gold and enamel.

Caliber 17''', full plate, gilded brass, with fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock

Dimensions Ø 49 mm

Signature dial and movement

Notes

Amalric Family of Genevan watchmakers active between 1760 and 1795, first associated with the Frères Wiss (c.1770).