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Geneva, Mar 29, 2009
LOT 323
The Cornflowers Dumb Quarter-Repeating Etienne Lenoir a Paris, No. 1501. Made circa 1750. Fine, 20K gold, enamel and rose-cut diamond-set, dumb quarter-repeating pocket watch. To be sold without reserve
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
USD 6,000 - 7,700 / EUR 4,700 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 3,360
C. Two-body, Louis XV, decorated on the bezel and back with raised blue cornflowers and green foliage over an engraved ground. Large rose diamond-set thumb pieces. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost large Arabic five-minute numerals, winding aperture at two o' clock. Rose-cut diamond-set hands. M. 39 mm., gilt brass full plate with tapered turned pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance spring, silver regulator scale, pierced gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece, dumb quarter repeating with two hammers on blocks activated by depressing the pendant, silence piece in the edge of the engraved dial plate. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-30 |
Good Alterations |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-26-01 |
Good Upgraded HANDS Original |