Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 82

Universal Pink Gold Cloisonne Dial ?Arabia? Universal Genève, Cloisonne Dial ?Arabia?, case No. 1666657, Ref.100105-3. Made in the 1950s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K pink gold and cloisonné enamel wristwatch with date.

C. Two body, solid, polished, inverted bezel, lapidated lugs, screwed down case back. D. Polychrome cloisonné enamel, representing the Persian Gulf, part of Egypt and Iran, with the Red and Oman Seas, outer gold ring bearing an Arabic inscription, aperture for the date. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 138 C, rhodium plated, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, bumper rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.