The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 297

Ilbery, London, No. 2097, hallmarked 1819.Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel centre seconds watch with a special escapement, made for the Chinese market.

C. Two-body, the back cover very finely painted with flowers against scarlet translucent enamel over 'sunburst' engine turning, within a lobed edge with a gold and white champlevé border and further polychrome champlevé enamel to the bezels, pendant and bow, gold hinged cuvette mounted to the movement ring. D. White enamel,Roman chapters, outer minute and fifth-second divisions with 15-minute/seconds Arabic numerals. Gold 'spoon' hands. M. 49.6 mm o, entirely engraved 'Chinese' calibre, 11 jewels, free-standing barrel, ruby duplex escapement, uncut bimetallic three-arm balance with three trapezoidal counterweights and three screws, blued-steel balance spring, diamond endstone.Signed on the movement.Diam. 58 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 290-291.