Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 23, 2011

LOT 269

A. VERONESI & CO., PINK ENAMEL & DIAMOND A. Veronesi & Co., Cairo. No. 3365. Made circa 1890. Very fine and unusual, 18k gold, pink enamel and diamond set keyless hunting cased pocket watch made for the Turkish market.

C. Four body, solid, hinged, matching decoratively engraved and black enamel outers with alternate leaf pattern, central cover in translucent pink enamel over guilloche with diamond-set rose fl ower within a ring of graduated diamonds, the reverse with translucent pink enamel over guilloche with black enamel center set with a diamond, outer engraved gold repeating fl owers, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with black Turkish numerals, outer minutes, red subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 36 mm, bar caliber, rhodium plated with fausse cotes decoration, wolf tooth winding wheels, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut and compensated bimetallic balance, blued steel overcoil hairspring, index regulator. Cuvette and dial signed. Diam. 45 mm. Depth 15 mm.