Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 301

LEMANIA - L?COCKREL ROUGE Lemania, Swiss. Made circa 1925. Fine, silver, jadeite and chalcedony, 8-day going desk clock.

C. Circular, the outer body carved from a single piece of pale green jadeite, inner silver mount with chased stiff-leaf decoration, bezel with two concentric white enamel lines, circular silver base, surmounted by a carved chalcedony cockerel. D. Brushed silvered with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Luminous gilt skeleton hands. M. 42 mm., rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 15 jewels, straightline lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 2 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 75 mm. Height 10.5 mm.