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Bichler A.-J. Lot HartmannTowards the middle of the 19th century, they made form watches, lorgnettes, and spyglasses with watches, using movements with bridge calibre and cylinder escapements. They are recorded at Place des Bergues 3 in 1857.'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois', by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.L' attenteSwiss, retailed by Thomas Brunker, 111 Grafton St., Dublin, circa 1870.Amusing 18 ct. gold and enamel concealed dial form watch with ivory painted miniature, in the shape of a padlock.C. Four-body, front cover with applied key-hole in black enamel over gold, back decorated with a painted ivory miniature behind a glazed frame, depicting an amourous shepherdess in a pastoral landscape. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute divisions. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 25.3 mm o, gilt brass bar calibre, 10 jewels, hanging barrel, cylinder escapement, plain gilt three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Dim. 41 x 30 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 484-485.SFr.: 4'000 - 6'000| C | 3 - 6 | D | 3 - 01 | M | 3* | | AA | Unsigned, Swiss, probably Geneva, circa 1860.Amusing 18 ct. gold and enamel concealed dial form watch in the shape of a padlock with a photograph compartment.C. Four-body, front cover with applied key-hole over translucent green enamel on a flinqué ground, the gold back with central reserve for a monogram within floral and foliage engraving, gold, hinged cuvette, inside the back cover a glazed frame for a photograph. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute divisions. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 22.5 x 27 mm, heart-shaped, gilt brass bar calibre, 10 jewels, hanging barrel, cylinder escapement, plain gilt three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Dim. 48 x 27 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 484-485.SFr.: 4'000 - 6'000| C | 3 - 18 | D | 2 - 01 | M | 3* | | AAA | A virtually identical watch is in the Portuguese Royal Collection, inv. 52192.
