Collector’s Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 90

L. & E. Fabre, Buenos Aires, French, circa 1900. Very fine, 18K gold, platinum and enamel set with diamonds, keyless pendant watch with matching chain.

C. three-body, ?bassine?, back cover in translucent scarlet enamel over ?sunburst? engine-turning, three small orna-ments in white opaque enamel, applied yellow gold wreath of lilies in an oval pattern, platinum diamond-set rosette in the center. Chain with long cylindrical translucent scarlet enamel links with white enamel edges. D. matte champagne, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions. ?Breguet? blued steel hands. M. 22 mm (10 '''), gilt brass, 17 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial signed. Case stamped with French 18K gold mark and maker?s mark ?SG? with a key between the letters within a lozenge. Diam. 28 mm.