Important collector's watches, wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 525

Figueredo a Paris, circa 1840. Very fine and slim, 18K gold and enamel watch in the Bagnolet style with visible movement.

C. Three-body, ?bassine pince?, back very finely engraved with stylized foliage, center with rosette in champlevé white and blue enamel, bezels engraved florally. D. Silver ring with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 38 mm., single plate gilt brass with bridges on the dial side, engraved with scrolls and flowers, hanging barrel, nickel train, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm plain nickel balance, flat blued-steel balance spring. Signed on the back of the plate housing the movement. Diam. 40 mm., thickness 4.55 mm. (with crystal).