Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Milan, Palazzo Dei Giureconsulti, Mar 29, 1993
LOT 307
James Vigne, London, No. 4586, bearing the London Hallmarks for 1773. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel watch.
ITL 7,000 - 9,000
USD 4,700 - 6,000
C. Double body, Louis XVI, the bezels with champleve enamelled decoration, the back with a fine painted enamelled cameo scene of a sitting young maid against frame laurel and ribbon knots. Gild brass dust rim. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold Louis XVI hands. M. GiIt brass full plate with cylinder pillars, fusee with chain, later English lateral lever escapement, plain steel three arm balance, flat balance spring, giIt brass English cock and diamond end-stone. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 46 mm.
