Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 242
Dent, Watchmaker to the Queen, 33, Cockspur street, London, Swiss for the English market, circa 1850. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, diamond-set folding lorgnette with a concealed watch.
CHF 35,000 - 40,000
C. The watch is set in the handle, finely engraved on both sides with scrolled foliage, enamelled with green decoration and set with diamonds, the cover with a fine bunch of flowers, formed by inlaid rose-diamonds against a green translucent enamel over engine-turning. The reverse with a rose-diamond, inlaid monogram, below a Ducal crown. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. GiIt brass, bar caliber, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement with a plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring. In very good condition, with a gold key.. Dim. 88 x 24 mm.
