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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 263

Pastoral Romance Attributable to Jaquet Droz, Geneva, made for the Chinese market, circa 1780. Very fine and important 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set center seconds stop watch.

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 38,000 - 50,000 / USD 47,000 - 62,000

Sold: CHF 63,250

C. Three-body, "Consular" type, by "CF", No. 11006 (on the pendant), back painted on enamel with a shepherdess finding her sheep with the help of a young man, the background with translucent Imperial blue enamel over engine-turning, pearl-set bezels.D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds dot divisions. Gold skeletonized hands.M. 49 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate entirely engraved, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock, gilt brass dust cup, stop work now missing.Diam. 62 mm.


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Case: 3 - 40
Movement: 3 - 13*
Dial: 3 - 19 - 01

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The watches produced in Geneva for the Oriental market were often sold by agents; therefore they were rarely signed by the watchmaker. This watch presents all the characteristics of the work done by the prestigious Jaquet Droz firm for the Chinese market: the "Consular" type case decorated with a romantic pastoral scene, much in vogue during the Qien Long period, the iconography of the dial with its gold skeletonized hands so typical of Jaquet Droz, the fully engraved movement which was greatly appreciated by the Chinese, and the center-seconds with a stop-watch feature.