Important Watches, Pocket Watches and...
Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005
LOT 194
?Garden of Eden? Swiss. Made circa 1815. Fine and unusual silver "Adam and Eve" animated watch with date.
CHF 5,500 - 6,500
EUR 3,600 - 4,200 / USD 4,300 - 5,000
C. Two-body, Empire, master mark JM, polished with ribbed band. D. Enamel, small eccentric with Breguet numerals, outer minute markers and Arabic quarter hour numerals, inner date ring numbered from 1 - 31, the upper half decorated with a fine painted scene of a lion and a stork in a landscape, glazed aperture above the dial with the serpent revolving around a small painted scene featuring Adam and Eve beneath the apple tree in the Garden of Eden. Engraved fancy gold hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental balance cock with polished steel end-piece, index regulator. Diam. 60 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-9 |
Good Scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-25-01 |
Good Chipped HANDS Original |