The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 202

The MandolinUnsigned, Geneva, circa 1810.Fine and amusing, 18 ct. gold and enamel, pearl-set, form watch with concealed dial, designed as a mandolin.

C. Two-body, the sound-board with a raised cherub, foliate decoration, blue champlevé enamel frame, the same around the sound-hole with visible cock, the front of the neck in blue and black champlevé enamel, the pegs set with half pearls, the back of the sound-chest with ogival segments, the centre with gold floral and foliate decoration over a champlevé azure ground, the others in a geometrical pattern, the back of the neck in the same pattern, gold double suspension chain. D. White enamel, Breuet numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands.M. 19 mm o, hinged, gilt brass full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued-steel balance spring, continental cock, rack and pinion regulator with a silver plate.Dim. 58 x 24 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 444-445.