Important Watches, Pocket Watches and...

Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

LOT 244

Geneva, No. 3, circa 1875. Very fine and rare 18K gold, painted on enamel, rose cut diamond and pearl-set cruciform pendant watch with separate crowns for winding and hand setting.

C. Three-body, stepped, cruciform, the top outlined with black champlevé enamel and set with pearls, oval sprung hinged cover over the dial set with a painted on enamel portrait of a female saint surrounded by rose cut diamonds, release catch at the base of the upper crucifix, hinged back with bright cut border, fixed ring suspension loop with movable tapered loop. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel hands. M. 50 x 32 mm., frosted gilt, linear wheel train with cross-shaped wheel plate, linear wheel train, two crowns, one for the winding and one for the hand setting, cylinder escapement, brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat spiral balance spring. Dim. 64 x 48 mm.