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Hong Kong, Victoria Hotel, Jun 17, 1994
LOT 127
Baillon à Paris, circa 1775. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel watch.
HKD 20,000 - 25,000
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: HKD 33,189
C. Double body, Louis XVI, the bezel with finely painted champleve enamelled flowers against an engraved ground, the back enamelled with a fine painted pastoral scene depicting a young shepherd, teaching a maiden how to play the flute. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold Louis XV hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three arm-balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass Louis XVI continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 44 mm.
