Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 24
Portrait of a Lady Caron a Paris. Made circa 1770. Very fine, gold and paste-set, skeletonized pendant watch with a painted on enamel portrait of a lady.
CHF 4,800 - 5,800
USD 4,500 - 5,200 / EUR 3,000 - 3,600
Sold: CHF 4,560
C. Two-body, ?Louis XIV?, glazed on both sides, paste-set bezels, band engraved with a repeated pattern. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions with five-minute Arabic numerals. Paste-set Louis XV hands. M. 29 mm, hinged, frosted and engraved gilt skeletonized plate with conical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance with blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator on the edge, triangular single-footed solid engraved cock, paste-set silver filigree applied plate set with an oval painted on enamel portrait of a young lady wearing a pink dress and straw hat with a blue ribbon. Dial signed. Diam. 36 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-31 |
Good Transformations |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 4-28-01 |
Fair Replacements HANDS Original |
Notes
Born in Paris in 1732, apprenticed to his father Andre Charles, he was involved in the famous dispute with Le Paute over the invention of the double virgule escapement. For further details see lot 23.