Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Du Rhone, Apr 02, 2006

LOT 420

Geneva, circa 1800. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel pearl-set medallion pendant watch with elaborate matching gold and enamel chain.

C. Two body, back with doves and flowers against azure champlevé enamel, enamel bezel, set in the center of a delicate plate decorated with filigree gold birds and whole pearls, flower vase, framed by string of graduated pearls alternating with enameled laurel leaves. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 3 o?clock. Gilt Breguet hands. M. 22 mm., hinged, gilt brass set in cut protective ring, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, brass escape wheel, brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, one-footed lightly engraved solid cock. Chain punched with later French import mark. Dim. 67 x 45 mm, chain length 28 cm. To be sold without reserve