Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019
LOT 131
ANDRE LIODET MINIATURE PENDANT-WATCH; 18K YELLOW GOLD AND ENAMEL
HKD 95,000 - 110,000
CHF 12,000 - 15,000 / USD 12,100 - 15,100
18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, miniature pendant-watch, fluted case-band. Case-back polychrome enamelled with a rose in the middle of a bunch of multicoloured flowers on a white background; painted on enamel on gold by an unidentified Genevan workshop.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Liodet
Year Circa 1850
Movement No. 5 919
Calibre 7 ¾ ’’’, cylinder escapement
Case No. 5 919
Diameter 20.8 mm
Signature Cuvette (dome
Notes
Liodet, André Watchmaker and merchant who is recorded in 1857, in Geneva, at Rue du Rhône, 64. He was specialized in the creation of extraordinary small watch, so-called “miniature”; at the time, a real tour de force.