The van Cauwenbergh Collection
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 29, 1989
LOT 432
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1820.
HKD 30,000 - 40,000
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
Sold: HKD 29,900
Good 18-carat gold quarter repeating musical watch. Three body 'Empire' engine turned case. Gilt brass cuvette. Engine turned gold dial with 'champlevé' enamelled Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. Gilt brass double train movement with free standing barrels inverted cylinder escapement, plain brass three armed balance. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Musical train with pointed disc and vibrating steel blades. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
