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Geneva, Jan 03, 2022

LOT 80

Courvoisier
Decorative pendant-watch; 18K yellow gold, enamel and pearls

CHF 500 - 1,000

EUR 500 - 1,000 / USD 550 - 1,100 / HKD 4,300 - 8,500

Sold: CHF 625

18K yellow gold, enamel and pearls, open-face, key-winding, scallop-edged (12 lobes), pendant-watch.
Case-back and bezel chiselled with foliage; in the centre, a medallion showing a polychrome bunch of flowers in champlevé-technique enamel imitating the “cloisonné”-work on a black background, surrounded by a frame with motifs set with half pearls; gold cuvette (dome).
Silver guilloché (engine-turned) dial, with radial Roman numerals; gold “Spade” hands.
Movement 12’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-13

Good

Slightly damaged

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Courvoisier, probably Geneva

Year circa 1850

Movement No. 2 962

Case No. 440

Material 18K yellow gold, enamel and pearls

Diameter 2.8 mm.

Caliber 12’’’, cylinder escapement

Weight 20.7 gr. (approx.)

Signature cuvette (dome)

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.