Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 362
Not signed, Swiss, circa 1850. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel bangle with inset watch.
CHF 11,000 - 13,000
C. Four piece, the tapering flattened box-link bracelet with chased and engraved decoration, mounted with a square case with hinged cover and back, the cover of blue enamel with a fine champleve enamel coat of arms. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 9,5-, gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Dim. 33 x 31 mm.
Notes
The Arms are those of Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge K.G. (1774-1850), and of his
whife Augusta ( 1797-1889), daughter of Friedrich Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel: they
were the maternai grandparents of the laie Queen Mary (1867-1943), Consort of King
George V (1865-1936).