Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 71

?40 Watch Keys? English, French and Swiss. Made in the 18th and 19th Centuries Very fine gold, gilt metal and hardstone watch keys and seals

Comprising: eight gilt seals set with either hardstones or semiprecious stones, two gilt keys with lockets, two gilt keys mounted with a bloodstone, one gilt key with bed hook, four gilt winding keys with hardstones, one gilt ratchet key with mother of pearl case, fourteen gilt winding keys including two with crosses, one with an elephant, two with dogs, one swan, one with a pistol, two with semi-precious stones, one with enamel, one shaped like a closed fist and ten other gilt winding keys. In very good overall condition, some wear