Only Online Auction
Geneva, Dec 08, 2022
LOT 24
Berthoud
Decorative pocket watch; vari-colour gold
CHF 800 - 1,600
EUR 800 - 1,600 / USD 850 - 1,700 / HKD 6,600 - 13,100
Vari-colour gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Louis XVI” pocket watch.
Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) and chiselled in vari-colour gold with a garland, and, in the centre, a bunch of flowers; bezel set with Rhine stones.
White enamel dial, with radial Roman numerals; yellow gold “Louis XV” hands.
14’’’, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (probably gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock, polished steel end-piece.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-11 |
Good Slightly worn |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-71-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines HANDS Original |
Brand Berthoud, Paris (made in Switzerland)
Model apocryphal signature (not Ferdinand Berthoud, Paris)
Year circa 1780
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 1 258
Material vari-colour gold
Diameter 38.5 mm.
Caliber 14’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement
Weight 42.3 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial and movement
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS.
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