Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 302
Recordon from London, Swiss, made for the Islamic market. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel pair cased quarter repeating watch.
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
Sold: CHF 48,300
Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel pair cased quarter repeating watch. 'Double body outer case with gilt scrolls and flowers overall on a red translucent champlevé enamel background over engine turning, further light green champlevé enamelled decoration on the bezel and the border, the back centered with a very fine painted fluvial landscape, a vessel in the foreground. Four body inner case, the bezel and border similar to that of the outer case, the back with gilt scrolls and flowers on a pink champlevé enamelled background, a fine bunch of flowers, painted in their natural colors at the center, on a red background. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Turkish numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. GiIt brass bar movement with a free standing barrel, cylinder escapement with a plain three armed balance, Breguet parachute suspension and bimetallic compensation curb. Repeating on gongs by means of a lockable piston sliding through the pendant. Signed on the dial and the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm. Recordon was the agent for Breguet in London. This watch is very similar to those made by Breguet for the Turkish market.
