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Milan, Palazzo Dei Giureconsulti, Mar 29, 1993
LOT 90
Auguste Courvoisier, Chaux-de-Fonds, Swiss, No. 58743, made for the Islamic market circa 1860. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel hunting cased watch.
ITL 3,000 - 4,000
USD 2,000 - 2,700
C.Four body , "demi-bassine", the band, pendant and bow with champleve floral decoration, the cover with a painted enamel bunch of flowers against a green translucent enamel over engine-turning, gannet frame and outer champleve enamelled floral decoration. The back enamelled with a painted composition of fruits on a pink ground, blue frame and outer decoration matching that of the cover (slightly restored on the border. Gold cuvette engine-turned on the border, engraved with technical details. D. White enamel with red and gilt Turkish numerals, the center painted with a bunch of flowers. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 16,5?, gilt brass, bar caliber, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 44 mm.
