Only Online Auction
Geneva, Dec 08, 2022
LOT 81
Dufalga
Decorative pocket watch; vari-colour gold and enamel
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 1,050 - 2,100 / USD 1,100 - 2,200 / HKD 8,300 - 16,600
Vari-colour gold and enamel, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Louis XVI” pocket watch.
Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) and chiselled in vari-colour gold with a garland, and, in the centre, an oval-shaped polychrome painting on enamel showing an Allegory of Love (a scene in the manner of Watteau, Boucher or Fragonard, painters of the “fêtes galantes”).
White enamel dial, with radial Roman numerals; yellow gold “Louis XVI” hands.
15’’’, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock, polished steel end-piece, silver regulator disc.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Dufalga, Geneva
Year circa 1780
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. unnumbered
Material vari-colour gold and enamel
Diameter 42.3 mm.
Caliber 15’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement
Weight 62.1 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS.
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