Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 207

Singing Bird Box with Watch Attributed to Raymy?s, No. 693. Made circa 1930. Fine and rare, silver-gilt and enamel, singing bird box incorporating a keyless watch.

HKD 70,000 - 90,000

USD 10,000 - 13,000 / EUR 7,000 - 9,000

Sold: HKD 126,000

C. Two-body, rectangular, rounded corners, side panels overlaid with translucent red guilloche enamel, borders engraved with stylized foliage, front set with the watch, the oval bird cover decorated with a painted on enamel scene of an Alpine lake view. D. Oval matte silver with painted graduated Arabic numerals. Blued steel lozenge hands. M. Watch: signed Inula Watch Co., Swiss, 10 ½???, rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 2 adjustments, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. The singing bird: 90 x 48 mm., rectangular brass, going barrel and rectangular bellow, the revolving bird with moving wings, beak and tail, controlled by two cams mounted beneath the barrel wheel, gilt brass grill pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage. Movement and case numbered. Dim. 99 x 64 x 40 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-31

Good

Transformations

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-8-01

Good

Slightly scratched

HANDS Original

Notes

Two similar boxes are illustrated in: Flights of Fancy ? Mechanical Singing Birds, Sharon & Christian Bailly, Antiquorum Editions, 2001, p. 372 & 373.