Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005
LOT 92
?Theatre of Love? Swiss, signed Breguet à Paris, No. 22393. Made circa 1820. Fine and amusing, gold and painted on enamel pocket watch with concealed erotic scene.
HKD 55,000 - 70,000
EUR 5,500 - 7,000 / USD 7,000 - 9,000
Sold: HKD 75,900
C. Three-body, "Empire", the bezel, band, pendant and bowwith foliate chasing, hinged back cover pierced and engravedwith a proscenium arch, the aperture showing a polychromepainted on enamel vignette of a young couple, the cover opensto reveal the hidden erotic part of the enamel. D. White enamelwith Arabic numerals, outer minute indexes and Arabic quarterhour numerals. Pierced gold hands. M. 43 mm., frosted gilt, fullplate,turned pillars, fusee with chain, pierced and chased continentalbalance-cock, silvered regulation disc.Dial and movement with faux Breguet signature.Diam. 50 mm.
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 4 - 6* |
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Dial: 3 - 02 |