Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 75

?Pearls & Emeralds? Bautte & Moynier à Genève, No. 39832. Made circa 1830 for the Chinese market. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, pearl and emerald-set pocket watch with pearl-set dial.

HKD 50,000 - 65,000

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

Sold: HKD 94,400

C. Two-body, sprung and hinged bezel set with 31 emeralds, each surrounded by a border of seed pearls, the back with border of 31 emeralds to match the bezel, the center set entirely with pearls and seven emeralds, pendant and bow decorated to match. D. Matte and engine-turned gold with radial Roman numerals set with seed pearls. Gold ?Breguet? hands. M. 31 mm. (13 1/2???), gilt brass three-quarter plate, spring barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance recessed within the movement, flat balance spring, index regulator. Case marked BM. Diam. 43 mm. To be sold without reserve


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Bautte & Moynier Successors of the renowned Genevan firm which was founded by Jean-François Bautte, and which was known successively by the names of Moulinié & Bautte, Moulinié, Bautte et Cie, Moulinié, Bautte & Moynier, Bautte, Jean- François Bautte & Cie, Rossel, Bautte & Cie, J. Rossel et Fils, Felipe Hecht, and Juan Hecht. The Bautte & Moynier firm was founded in 1826 by Jean-François Bautte and Jean-Gabriel Moynier. See: ?Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998