Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 11, 2012
LOT 357
LOUIS XVI GOLD & ENAMEL WATCH French, No. 3516. Made circa 1780. Fine, Louis XVI, gold and enamel pocket watch. To be sold without reserve
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
USD 4,500 - 6,500 / EUR 3,500 - 5,000
C. Two-body, ?Louis XVI?, the bezel with applied rope-twist decoration, the back decorated with a fi ne translucent red and blue guilloche enamel panel the center with a multicolored gold paillon fl ower within a dot border, outer red surround with painted vermiculae, outer rope-twist border entwined with green translucent enameled leaves. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and large Arabic fi ve-minute numerals. Fine pierced gold hands. M. 33 mm., matte gilt with cylindrical pillars, fuse and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance, fl at balance spring, continental cock, silvered regulation dial. Diam. 39 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-77-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Restored soft enamel HANDS Original |