Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 273

?Eternity? Swiss, probably Geneva, No. 9720. Made circa 1900. Very fine and elegant, 18K yellow gold, guilloché enamel, rose-diamond and pearl set lady?s ?boule de Genève? pendant watch with brooch fitting.

CHF 5,500 - 7,500

EUR 3,500 - 5,000 / USD 4,500 - 6,000

C. Three-body, the bezel overlaid with dark red guilloché enamel and set with rose-cut diamonds, the band in the form of a snake set with half-pearls and rose diamond-set head, back cover with glazed aperture to view the balance wheel. Detachable brooch fitting en suite and set with half-pearls. D. White enamel with blue Arabic numerals and red 12, outer gilt dot minute markers. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 15 mm (6 1/2???), frosted gilt fullplate, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, wound and set by rotating the bezel. Diam. 27 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Boules de Genève These watches usually incorporate double-plan movements and the revolving bezel winding system patented by Marius LeCoultre of Geneva on 12 January, 1889, Swiss patent No. 114.