Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 247
Frères Melly, Geneva, circa 1830. Very fine 18 ct. gold pearls set pendant watch.
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
C. double body, fully paved with split pearls in a radiating pattern, simulating a cockle-shell. D. Gold engine-turned, with Breguet numerals in white enamel cartouches (restored). Blued steel Breguet hands. M. GiIt brass full plate, with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three armed balance, gilt brass continental cock and polished steel end-piece. Signed on the dial and back plate. In good condition. Diam. 38 mm.
