Hong Kong, Nov 25, 2022
LOT 92
GIRARD-PERREGAUX
LORGNETTE FORM-WATCH; 18K YELLOW GOLD, ENAMEL AND ROSE-CUT DIAMONDS
HKD 56,000 - 112,000
EUR 7,200 - 14,300 / CHF 7,000 - 14,000 / USD 7,100 - 14,200
18K yellow gold, enamel and diamond-set, key-winding, object in the shape of a lorgnette incorporating a watch with concealed dial.
Cover with a Royal blue flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) spring-loaded panel set with rose-cut diamonds forming a flower motifs, which opens to reveal the dial; hinged lorgnette released by a catch in the side; gold suspension ring.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.
Movement, 30.1 x 18.4 mm., rectangular-shaped with one of the sides rounded off, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Girard Perregaux, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Model probably made in Geneva
Year circa 1850-1860
Movement No. 6 074
Case No. 40 685
Material 18K yellow gold, enamel and rose-cut diamonds
Caliber 30.1 x 18.4 mm., cylinder escapement
Dimensions 87.6 x 22.5 x 12.8 mm. (folded without loose-ring)
Weight 47.5 gr. (approx.)
Signature false-plate
Notes
Watches-objects
In Geneva, in the 1850-1860’s, Auguste Dutertre (1798-1866), a jeweller, had made the specialty of making watches-objects so-called “bijoux à montres” in the shaped of “carnets-de-bal” (notebooks), powder-boxes, purses, “lorgnons” or “lorgnettes” (foldable eyeglasses), albums of painting (miniature books), and also small watches in the shaped of hearts, locks, rings, etc.
He awarded for them and for its watches with horological complications and its pocket chronometers, a Gold Medal (section “Montres de luxes”, “Médaille de 1ère classe”) during the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1855, and other distinctions in London and New York.
He was established in Geneva, 7, rue Arnold Winkelried (near the place des Bergues, in the continuity of the Bergues footbridge), as “Fabrique de Bijouterie et joaillerie, en tous genres. Spécialité pour bijoux à montres”.
He subcontracts his jewellery work to Patek, Philippe & Co., where he buys movements, so-called “lorgnon”, for his other orders.
In this range of objects, its competitors are the houses founded by Jean-François Bautte (1772-1837) and David-Auguste Golay-Leresche (1814-1895).