Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 393

Gast ? Pearls & Diamonds J. Gast, Geneve, case No. 51544. Made circa 1890. Very fine and elegant, 18K gold, pearl and rose diamond-set, lady?s keyless pendant watch with a short gold chain and spherical gold and pearl-set fob. Accompanied by the original Gast gold-tooled morocco fitted box.

C. Four-body, "bassine", the bezel and bow set with seed pearls, the back cover entirely set with a pearl lattice highlighted between with rose-cut diamonds, pearl border to match the bezel. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 10???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, wolf?s tooth winding, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Diam. 38 mm.