Important Watches and Wristwatches
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 28, 1989
LOT 221
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1830. Tao Kuang.
HKD 100,000 - 150,000
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
Rare and very fine 18-carat gold and enamel hunting case jumping hour watch for the Turkish market. Matching short enamel chain and key. Four body case covered overall with a 'champlevé' floral decoration over an azur background, a fine painted enamel sea-side landscape with vesseIIes on the back, hour and second apertures framed by painted flowers on the cover. Gold cuvette decorated overall with a 'champlevé' floral and foliage decoration on a yellow translucent enamel over engine turning. White enamel dial with hour aperture and Turkish numerals, eccentric minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Gold minute hand. Gilt brass bar movement with going barrel, 4 jewels, cylinder escapement with plain gilt brass three armed balance. In very good condition. Diam. 48 mm.
