Important Watches

Geneva, Mar 20, 2010

LOT 374

Swiss, probably Geneva. Made circa 1810. Very fine, octagonal, 18K yellow gold, rose-cut diamond and pearl-set bracelet watch with visible rose-cut diamond-set balance and nine-strand seed-pearl bracelet with gold and enamel clasp.

C. Rectangular with canted corners, bezel set with 26 large rose-cut diamonds, polished back with winding, setting and regulating apertures. D. Rectangular with canted corners, white enamel, in the lower half the meantime dial with Arabic numerals and outer minute divisions, aperture for the balance spinning against a polished steel plate. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 25 x 14 mm., brass, rectangular with canted corners, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, diamond-set balance with 4 arms, flat balance spring. Dim. 30 x 21 mm.