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Hong Kong, Victoria Hotel, Jun 17, 1994
LOT 271
Breguet à Paris, Swiss, circa 1800. Fine and unusual silver watch with a concealed painted enamel erotic scene.
HKD 20,000 - 25,000
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: HKD 25,530
C. Three body, Directoire, polished, the fixed cuvette enamelled with a painted scene of a young couple inventing a new way to dance "la branle" (famous French folk-dance). D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gold hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with blued steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
