Hong Kong, May 29, 2022
LOT 374
Jacot-Guillarmod
Art Deco eight-day going“Chinoiserie”-style desk-clock; silver, gilded brass and enamel
HKD 41,500 - 67,000
EUR 5,000 - 8,000 / CHF 5,300 - 8,400 / USD 5,300 - 8,500TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: HKD 50,000
Silver, gilded brass and polychrome “champlevé” enamel imitating the “cloisonné”-work, keyless-winding, vertical rectangular-shape, eight-day going, Art Deco “Chinoiserie”-style (Chinese inspiration) desk-clock.
Cabinet with floral oriental inspiration décor; in the centre of the front face, an oval panel with miniature showing a Chinese dignitary and the sentence “I wish you a long, long life” (on the left) and “May all your dreams come true” (on the right); mounted on a gilded brass Chinese-stylised easel.
Gold colour dial with Chinese characters; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 19’’’, ¾ plate, gilded brass, large going barrel, additional eight-day going wheel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator.
Gold colour dial with Chinese characters; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 19’’’, ¾ plate, gilded brass, large going barrel, additional eight-day going wheel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-6 |
Good Slightly oxidized |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Jacot-Guillarmod, Geneva
Year circa 1920
Movement No. 123 396
Case No. 3 672
Material silver, gilded brass and enamel
Caliber 19’’’, lever escapement
Height 115 mm.
Width 60.9 mm.
Thickness 19 mm.
Weight 338.6 gr. (approx.)
Signature case (master hallmark)
Notes
“Chinoiserie”-style
“Chinoiserie” art already in 18th century Europe modelled itself on Chinese works of art and was immensely popular at the time. The enthusiasm for all things Chinese was fed by an interest in exotic and unusual cultures as well as the illusion of a gigantic peaceful empire where even the lower classes occupied themselves with literature and philosophy.
Biography
Décor, design & industrie: les arts appliqués à Genève, Geneva, Editions du Musée d’art et d’histoire – Paris, Editions Samogy, 2010, pp. 203, 258-259.