The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 105

PanJames Cox, London, No. 1586, circa 1775.Very fine and rare 18 ct. gold and enamel watch with three concealed erotic scenes, made for the Chinese market.

C. Three-body, 'Consular', the back cover painted with a vase of flowers against a chiaroscuro grey-green background, the bezel in blue champlevé enamel framed by flinqué engraving, the inside of the back cover with a painted enamel scene with a nude woman holding in the one hand a goblet given her by Pan, the personification of Lust, in the other the main attribute of the Satyr, the inner dome painted with two lovers on a sofa engaged in a riding lesson. On the other side of the inner dome, onesees the same couple as the scene continues, the bezel with black champlevé flower decoration. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outerminute dot divisions with five minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 4 o'clock. Elaborate gold hands.M. 28 mm o, hinged, gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, single-footed gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with mask at the base, rack and pinion regulator.Signed and numbered on the movement.Diam. 40 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, page 246-247.