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Geneva, Apr 20, 1996
LOT 160
Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1780. Fine 18 ct. gold paste-set skeleton watch.
CHF 2,200 - 2,600
C. Double body, Louis XVI, glazed on the back with multicoloured paste-set bezels. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Rose-diamond set Louis XVI hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, the skeletonized back plate applied with a fine pierced multicoloured paste set decoration. In very good condition. Diam. 31 mm.
Notes
Fine and unusual example of this type of skeleton
watches which are normally set with white stones
or marcassites.