Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 17, 2013

LOT 52

TWO GOLD, ENAMEL, DIAMOND & PEARL PENDANT WATCHES LeCoultre & Cie & swiss, case no. 54057 & 12961. Made circa 1890. two fine, 18K gold, enamel, diamond and pearl-set lady?s keyless pendant watches.

THE FIRST C. Four-body, bassine, the bezel set with seed pearls, the back cover decorated with a finely enamelled pink, green and blue opalescent palmette set with rose-cut diamonds, translucent red guilloche ground, outer seed pearl border. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer gold dot minute divisions. Gilt Louis XV hands. M. 9???, matte gilt, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. DiaM. 25 mm.
THE SECOND C. Four-body, bassine, the bezel set with seed pearls, the back cover decorated with translucent green guilloche enamel, the center set with a large single diamond, outer seed pearl border. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with blue Arabic numerals, outer gold dot minute divisions. Blued steel spade hands. M. 9???, matte gilt, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. DiaM. 25 mm.