Geneva, May 15, 2023
LOT 286
FORMER PROPERTY OF THE KING OF NAPLES
CHF 30,000 - 60,000
EUR 30,600 - 62,000 / USD 33,800 - 68,000 / HKD 266,000 - 540,000
Sold: CHF 37,500
Very fine and rare, small, 20K. gold and agate, single-hand, pendant watch with concealed dial.
Probably Etienne Angely a Monpelier.
The 2 part of the case are made of agate set in gold hinged bezels which are painted on white enamel in 'ronde bosse', the top part with pink and black flowers, the lower with foliage and floral decoration, short pendant, loose ring. Enamel dial on gold plate, radial Roman chapters on white enamel ring, centre with translucent red enamel over a flinqué ground. Blued-steel 'arrowhead' single hand with serpentine tail.
Probably Etienne Angely a Monpelier.
The 2 part of the case are made of agate set in gold hinged bezels which are painted on white enamel in 'ronde bosse', the top part with pink and black flowers, the lower with foliage and floral decoration, short pendant, loose ring. Enamel dial on gold plate, radial Roman chapters on white enamel ring, centre with translucent red enamel over a flinqué ground. Blued-steel 'arrowhead' single hand with serpentine tail.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: |
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Angely , France
Year Circa 1650
Material 20K. gold with agate stone
Diameter 30 mm.
Caliber 11''',gilt brass full plate, turned baluster pillars, fusee and gut-line, short four-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, verge escapement, steel two-arm circular foliot, symmetrically elongated pierced and engraved cock secured by a screw, worm and wheel mainspring setting.
Signature Movement
Provenance
The Sandberg Watch Collection lot 211, published in the Sandberg book, pages 60-61.
Previously in the collection of the King of Naples.
Previously in the collection of the King of Naples.