Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 25, 1993
LOT 202
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1800. Fine gold and enamel form watch designed as a lute.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
C. Two-part, the ribbed back decorated with panels of scarlet guilloche enamel intersected by further panels of trellis pattern, blue and black champleve enamel with engraved flowers, sound board with enamel tulips on apple green ground, rose diamond surround to the sound hale with visible balance cock, black enamel fret board with multi coloured top and diamond set pegs, gold wire strings. Gold suspension chains. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 2 o' clock. Gold hands. M. GiIt, full plate, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain 3-arm brass balance with flat spring and regulator. Continental cock.In good condition. Dims. 58 x 26mm.
