Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 25, 1993
LOT 186
Amalric Freres, Swiss, circa 1800. Fine and rare gold and enamel form watch designed as an amphora with cover.
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 16,100
C. Two-part, the urn decorated with panels of black, scarlet and green guilloche enamel, intersected with complex motifs, the cover with a series of six rhomboidal panels in pale blue and black enamel within yellow frame work on an engraved ground, knop finial with gold chain 'handles'. D. White enamel, Arabic hour numerals, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Gold hands. M. GiIt, full plate, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass 3-arm balance with flat spring and regulator. Continental cock. Signed on the dial and movement. In good condition. Dims. 46 x 30mm.
