The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 175

The LyreGuex à Paris, circa 1810.Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, pearl-set form watch, designed as a Lyre.

C. Two-body, the back of the sound-chest in black champlevé enamel with a decoration of musical instruments and foliage, the border in azure champlevé enamel with a repeated scroll pattern, the spring-loaded bezel and the horns set with half pearls, gold suspension chain. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, Arabic 15 minutes. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 18.5 mm o, hinged, gilt brass full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm brassbalance, continental cock, rack and pinion regulatorwith silver plate.Signed on the dial.Dim. 57 x 36 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 438-439.