Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces...
Hong Kong, Jun 13, 2023
LOT 88
JOHN BAKER
DECORATIVE NEOCLASSICAL POCKET WATCH, 20K YELLOW GOLD, ENAMEL, PEARLS AND DIAMONDS
DECORATIVE NEOCLASSICAL POCKET WATCH, 20K YELLOW GOLD, ENAMEL, PEARLS AND DIAMONDS
HKD 100,000 - 150,000
EUR 11,800 - 17,700 / CHF 11,500 - 17,300 / USD 12,800 - 19,200
20K yellow gold, open face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with white enamel dial. Royal blue flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) case-back, with a rose-cut diamond-set rosacea, and, in the centre, a large diamond surrounded by a crown of 13 pearls; bezels set with 43 pearls each; then a total of 99 pearls. 23’’’, circular plates with pillars, gilded brass, with fusee and chain, cylinder escapement (brass wheel), monometallic balance (polished steel) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded English cock, diamond end-stone.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand John Baker
Year circa 1800
Movement No. 835
Case No. 2811 (by an unknown case-maker, London)
Material 20K yellow gold and enamel
Diameter 54.5 mm.
Caliber 23’’’, cylinder escapement (brass wheel)
Signature movement