Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 14, 2017

LOT 220

PORTRAIT OF ABDUL-MEJID Edward Prior, London, Swiss, for the Islamic market, case number 1584931 circa 1900,retail by Nacib K. Djezvedjian. Fine 18-carat gold and enamel hunting cased watch.

CHF 15,000 - 25,000

HKD 120,000 - 200,000 / USD 15,000 - 25,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 47,500

Four-body, foliate engraved, the front cover with a very finely painted on enamel portrait of Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid (1823-1861) against a sky background, green, red and white champlevé enamel border, the back cover decorated with a finely painted on enamel view of Constantinople from the Bosphorus , Ste. Sophie Mosque on the background. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial enamel Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for seconds. Gold hands. 40 mm., gilt brass keyless half plate movement, 1 jewels, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with a swan neck micrometric index.


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Grade:
Case: 3-25

Good

Chipped
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial and movement signed. DIAM. 52 mm. Abdülmecid I or Abdul-Medjid (April 23, 1823 - June 25, 1861), 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire (July 1, 1839 - June 25, 1861). Son of Mahmoud II (July 20, 1784 - July 1, 1839), 30th sultan of the Ottoman Empire (july 28, 1808 - July 1, 1839), to whom he secceeds. Oldest brother of Abdulaziz or Abd-ül-Aziz (February 8, 1830 - June 4, 1876), 32nd sultan of the Ottoman Empire (June 25, 1861 - May 30, 1876), who succeeded. He wears the diamond badge of the Medjidieh (Medjidieh) honorary order, founded by him in 1852. To be sold without reserve