Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 25, 1993
LOT 194
Joseph Pomfrid in Wein, Austrian, circa 1850. Fine gold and enamel watch designed as a lyre with matching chatelaine.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 7,475
C. Two-part, the back decorated with engraved foliage and enamelled musical score on a scarlet guilloche ground within pellet border, the sound board with enamelled flowers on an azure blue ground with diamond chip surround to the sound hole (well executed repair), the neck en suite with silver wire strings, matching chatelaine comprised of a music stand forming the clip with pendant foliage enamelled in green and supporting an enamelled musical score (Austrian marks) . D. White enamel, Arabic hour numerals, winding aperture at 2 o'clock. Blued-steel hands. M. Gilt full plate, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain 3-arm brass balance, flat spring and regulator. Continental cock. Signed on the movement. In good condition. Dims. 51 x 29mm. watch, 120 overall.
