Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 62
André Liodet
Miniature pendant-watch; 18K yellow gold and enamel
HKD 40,000 - 56,000
CHF 5,000 - 7,000 / USD 5,300 - 7,400
18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, miniature pendant-watch; fluted case-band; hinged cuvette (dome) and case-back.
Case-back polychrome enamelled with a rose in the middle of a bunch of multicoloured flowers on a white background; painted on enamel on gold by an unidentified Genevan workshop. Cuvette (dome) polished.
White enamel dial with black painted radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 7’’’ 3⁄4 (Ø ~ 17.5 mm.), gilded brass, 8 jewels, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand André Liodet, Geneva
Year circa 1850
Movement No. 5 919
Case No. 5 919
Caliber 7''' 3/4, cylinder escapement
Dimensions Ø 20.8 mm.
Signature cuvette (dome)
Accessories later winding-key (brass)
Notes
Liodet, André
Various watchmakers bearing the surname of Liodet are listed in Geneva between the late- 18th century and the mid-19th century.
André Liodet, watchmaker and merchant, is recorded in Geneva, circa 1850, at place des Bergues No. 8, and, in 1857, at rue du Rhône No. 64. He was specialized in the creation of extraordinary small watch, so-called “miniature”; at the time, a real tour-de-force.
J. Urech succeeds him. // (“J. Urech successeur d’André Liodet à Genève”).