Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2011

LOT 478

Horas Non Numero Nisi Serenas. Gübelin, Lucerne. No. 22656, enamel painted by Richay. Made circa 1920. Exceptionally fine, heavy, probably unique painted on enamel, brown marble and gilt bronze, 8-day going desk clock.

C. Two panels of a triptych, very finely painted on enamel in the Limoges style, the right one depicting a lady in medieval dress standing against a starry sky, to the left a scholar pointing to a bird, on the inside to the left a prince standing against a starry night with moon, to the right a man in the countryside on a sunny day mounted on a rectangular marble base and top. D. In the center of the triptych, painted on enamel in the Limoges style, three ladies in medieval dress,one holding a falcon, one with a dog and a third holding an apple, white Roman numerals. Elaborate gilt hands. M. 42 mm (19'''), rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring. Case and movement signed, dial signed by the painter. Dim. Height 16.5 cm, width 18.3 cm