The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 344

Dimier, Genève, No. 886, circa 1840.Very fine, gilt metal and enamel, pearl-set watch with polished steel movement and special escapement, made for the Chinese market.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

USD 3,500 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 6,900

C. Two-body, back with finely painted flowers over a white background, the bezels, bow and pendant set with half pearls, reeded band, glazed spring-loaded cuvette mounted on the movement ring. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute and seconds divisions. Blued-steel 'spoon' hands. M. 46.5 mm o, 'Chinese' calibre, the plate and the bridges of polished steel, 11 jewels, half-second ruby duplex escapement, uncut bimetallic three-arm balance with three blued-steel counterweights.Signed on the movement.Diam. 56 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 332-333.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3 - 15
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Dimier Lot Ciemerchants who exported to China, they were recorded around 1835 in the rue Croix-d'Or 27, in 1857 Quai des Bergues, and in 1860 Quai des Etuves. They specialised in small watches with fusee and cock bearing cases of gilt metal or gold, painted on enamel, and with pearl-set floral decoration.'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois', by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.