Important Watches, Collector's Wrist...

Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 326

Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1910.Fine and rare gold, enamel and diamond-set, keyless pendant form watch designed as a book, with matching chain.

C. Three-body, back cover with finely painted medallion depicting a maiden reading a letter, with a dove in front of her and a woodland in the background, diamond-set oval frame set on translucent blue enamel over intricate engine-turning, white enamel borders, gold corners, the front matching the back, dial in place of medallion,also within a round diamond-set frame, gold spine, gold locking clasp, sapphire-set winding crown.D. Matte silvered, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued-steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 15.6 mm ø (7'''), rhodiumed, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring.Movement signed Grand Prix, Paris, 1900, case stamped with British import marks for 1911.Dim. 26 x 22 mm.