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Geneva, Dec 08, 2022

LOT 27

Léonard Bordier
Decorative pocket watch, inverted calibre with visible balance; gilded metal, Rhine-paste and enamel

CHF 1,500 - 3,000

EUR 1,550 - 3,100 / USD 1,600 - 3,200 / HKD 12,500 - 24,900

Gilded metal, enamel and Rhine-paste, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Directoire” pocket watch with visible paste-set balance.

Royal blue flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) case-back with gold paillon and Rhine-paste flower garlands; in the centre, inside a silver frame border set with Rhine-paste, a round scene depicting a young man declaring his love for a damsel in a wooded landscape; the painting on enamel on brass by an unidentified Genevan workshop.

White enamel dial, with off-centre dial for the time at 6 o’clock with suspended Arabic numerals; gilded metal paste-set hands; aperture at 12 o’clock for the cock and visible balance.

Movement 20’’’, inverted calibre, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass and Rhine-paste) and blued steel flat hairspring; blued steel cock.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-6-8

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3**

Good

Repair required, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-72-78-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Chipped winding aperture

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Missing pearl(s)/stone(s)

HANDS Original

Brand Bordier, Geneva

Year circa 1790

Movement No. 7 296

Case No. unnumbered

Material gilded metal, Rhine-paste and enamel

Diameter 55.9 mm.

Caliber 20’’’, verge escapement

Weight 107.5 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial and movement

Accessories later fitted box, later brass winding-key