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Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 121

?Madonna Della Sedia? V. John Magnin & Guedin, Geneva, No. 1849. Made circa 1850. Very fine and rare, 18K gold and painted on enamel, cabriolet pendant watch with a gold and enamel key.

HKD 50,000 - 65,000

USD 6,500 - 8,500 / EUR 5,500 - 7,000

Sold: HKD 159,300

C. Outer: three-body, foliate chased, the back very finely painted on enamel with the Madonna Della Sedia after Raphael within a shaped dark blue enamel border and outer pale blue and white enamel border. Inner: Four-body, the back cover decorated with a very finely painted on enamel alpine lake view, polished bezel and band, foliate engraved pendant and bow. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Gold, line engine-turned with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute markers, subsidiary seconds, the center finely engraved with riverside buildings. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 31 mm., 14???, frosted gilt, bar calibre, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm flat-rim balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Diam. 43 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

John Magnin & Guedin (Veuve) Worked in Geneva in the middle of the 19th century. See: Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois, Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions. "Madonna della Sedia" The enamel scene on this watch is after Raphael's "Madonna della Sedia", painted in 1514, today in the Pitti Palace in Florence.