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Hong Kong, Victoria Hotel, Jun 17, 1994
LOT 228
Breguet, Swiss, No. 7929, made for the Islamic market, circa 1830. Extremely fine and rare 18 ct. gold and enamel watch with matching gold, gilt brass enamel telescope.
HKD 200,000 - 250,000
CHF 40,000 - 50,000
Sold: HKD 30,636
C. Three body, fully enamelled in a shark-skin pattern, the back painted with two pansies. Gold engineturned cuvette with engraved floral decoration on a black champleve enamel ground. D. White enamel with Turkish numerals. Gold Breguet hands. M. 18-, gilt brass, bar calibre, 12 jewels, swan neck lateral lever escapement, two-arm balance with screws, "parachute" suspension, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Signed on the index. In very good condition. Diam. 50 mm. Telescope with the optic by Dollond of London. The body tube of gold and gilt brass enamelled en suite in a shark skin pattern and decorated with trophies of art, science and music, painted within three oval medallions, outer garlands of flowers and further floral ornaments. Signed on the first of the four draw-tubes. In very good condition. Dim. 149 mm.
