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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 57

?River Landscape? Mottu, Geneva. Made circa 1840. Very fine, thin, 18K gold and enamel pendant watch.

HKD 25,000 - 30,000

USD 3,300 - 4,000 / EUR 2,500 - 3,000

Sold: HKD 35,400

C. Three-body, the back with polychrome enamel seen of an alpine valley with a river flowing through framed by white champlevé enamel with foliate sprays, the bezel decorated to mach the frame. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Gold engine-turned with Roman chapter ring, the center and outer with floral and folliate decoration, outer dot minute divisions. Blued steel spade hands. M. 13"', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-56

Good
Movement: 3-11*

Good

Slightly worn

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Daniel Mottu was a watchmaker working in Geneva during the second half of the 19th century. He is recorded at Quai des Etuves 30 in 1861. Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.