Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019

LOT 430

BOREL FILS & CO. ART NOUVEAU THREE-TONE POCKET WATCH; 14K YELLOW, ROSE AND GREEN GOLD AND DIAMOND

HKD 35,000 - 43,000

CHF 4,480 - 5,480 / USD 4,500 - 5,500

Sold: HKD 47,500

14K yellow, rose and green gold and diamond-set, hunting-case, half hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, Art Nouveau pocket watch, gilded guilloché (engine-turned) dial with subsidiary seconds at 6. Cover and case-back engraved and chiselled with an impressive snake holding in its mouth a big diamond, in the middle of foliage.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Borel Fils & Cie, Neuchâtel

Year Circa 1910

Movement No. 321 906

Calibre  18’’’, lever escapement

Case No. 394 678

Diameter 49.5 mm.

Signature Dial, case and movement