Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006
LOT 127
?Lovers? Retreat? Swiss, No. 175999. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1900. Fine, small, 18K gold and painted on enamel, minute-repeating, pearl-set, hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch.
HKD 85,000 - 100,000
USD 11,000 - 13,000 / EUR 9,000 - 11,000
Sold: HKD 112,100
C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", geometric enameled band, the front cover decorated with the portrait of a lady on a translucent red enamel over wavy engine-turned ground, the back painted with a scene of a courting couple in a rural landscape, translucent red enamel border over a wavy engine-turned ground, split pearl-set bezels. Hinged gold cuvette over glazed bezel for viewing the movement. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?Louis XV" hands. M. 30 mm, frosted gilt, 23 jewels, calibrated straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Diam. 39 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |