The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 73

Ch. & P. Marret, Rue de la Paix, 15 a Paris, circa 1860.Fine 18 ct. gold and lapis lazuli pendant watch with original matching brooch.

C. Four-body, 'bassine et filets', back cover set with lapis lazuli, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette. The brooch consists of two painted on enamel shields, one with an angel and the other with Hercules, flanked by rampant lions and surmounted by a stone-set coronet, forming a decorative coat of arms. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute divisions. Gold Breguet hands. M. 22.6 mm o, gilt brass bar calibre, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain gilt brass three-arm balance, flat blued-stel balance spring.Signed on the cuvette, back cover stamped inside with French gold guarantee marks.Diam. 25 mm, length with chatelaine 135 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, page 212-213.