Only Online Auction
Geneva, Sep 22, 2021
LOT 257
Kendall
Cigarette box with watch and music; gilded brass and enamel
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 950 - 1,850 / USD 1,100 - 2,200 / HKD 8,600 - 17,100TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 1,062
Gilded brass and enamel, key-winding, rectangular-shaped, cigarette box with a watch built-in the cover and a music inside the base (signed Reuge, Sainte-Croix; later addition).
Hinged three-part cabinet with, on the cover, a white enamelled radiating decoration, and inside compartments for cigarettes, matches and a match-scraper. The cabinet stamped with the initials “A R”, probably the master hallmark of André Roberge, Paris, orfèvre à façon et fabricant de doré, received on February 26, 1910 (established 4, rue de l’Entrepôt, and, 15, rue de Montmorency; cancelled on January 14, 1924).
The base engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) with the date “4 août 1919” (August 4, 1919).
Gold colour dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel hands.
Movement (10’’’ x 15’’’), rectangular-shaped, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator. Please note that this movement is very seriously damaged by rust!
The small musical mechanism dating from the 1980s is added, mounted with two screws; two holes were additionally made in the cabinet for winding and triggering the music.
Hinged three-part cabinet with, on the cover, a white enamelled radiating decoration, and inside compartments for cigarettes, matches and a match-scraper. The cabinet stamped with the initials “A R”, probably the master hallmark of André Roberge, Paris, orfèvre à façon et fabricant de doré, received on February 26, 1910 (established 4, rue de l’Entrepôt, and, 15, rue de Montmorency; cancelled on January 14, 1924).
The base engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) with the date “4 août 1919” (August 4, 1919).
Gold colour dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel hands.
Movement (10’’’ x 15’’’), rectangular-shaped, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator. Please note that this movement is very seriously damaged by rust!
The small musical mechanism dating from the 1980s is added, mounted with two screws; two holes were additionally made in the cabinet for winding and triggering the music.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-15 |
Good Slightly rusted |
Movement: 5-14-16** |
Poor Damaged Rusted Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-53-04 |
Good Reprinted HANDS Later |
Brand Kendall, Paris (17, rue de la Paix)
Year circa 1918-1919
Movement No. 93 729
Case No. 428
Material gilded brass and enamel
Length 81 mm. (approx.)
Caliber 10’’’ x 15’’’, rectangular-shaped, lever escapement
Height 42 mm. (approx.)
Width 51 mm. (approx.)
Signature case
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS
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