Important Collectors' Watches, Pocket...
Geneva, Mar 16, 2008
LOT 45
French and Swiss. Made in the late 18th and early 19th century. Fine, forty, gold, gilt metal and agate-set watch keys.
CHF 5,500 - 7,000
USD 5,000 - 6,300 / EUR 3,400 - 4,300
Sold: CHF 7,200
Comprising: a large gold key with vacant glazed locket compartments; a large oval agate-set swivel key; two oval agate-set keys; four gold ratchet keys; two fancy gold wirework keys; a gold key with crescent moon; a gold hand-form key; a gold and tiger?s eye key; a fine gold retractable key set in a T-bar for a watch chain; thirteen fancy gold watch keys; a key with carved agate terminal; a silver ratchet key; a gilt metal Chinese market key signed Bovet; a gilt metal crank key; a chased foliate gilt metal key; two fancy ratchet keys; four steel keys and two fancy gilt metal keys. In good condition, some wear
