Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 361

BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE GOLD ENAMEL AND DIAMOND PENDANT WATCH BY PAUL DITISHEIM Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., Philadelphia, movement made by Paul Ditisheim, La Chaux de Fonds, No. 40158. Made in the 1920s. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, diamond and enamel keyless pendant dress watch with a white gold diamond-set pendant and chain with 6 diamond-set sections.

C. Three-body, bassine, band and bezel decorated with multi-color enamel lines to a purple guilloche enamel background, the back cover with applied white gold and rose-cut diamond-set decoration on a purple guilloche enamel background, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown. D. Matte silver with painted radial Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 91/2???, rhodium-plated, inscribed ?Grand Prix, Paris 1900?, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Case and movement signed Paul Ditisheim. Diam. 26 mm. Thickness 9mm. Chain length 35 cm.