The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 300

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.