Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 42

BELLE EPOQUE DIAMOND & ENAMEL PENDANT WATCH Swiss, No. 21291. Made circa 1910. Very fine and elegant, 18K gold, enamel, platinum and diamond-set lady?s keyless pendant watch with matching gold and enamel chain.

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 3,300 - 5,500 / EUR 2,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 9,375

C. Three-body, overlaid with rich blue translucent guilloche enamel over sunray engine-turning with gold borders, the back cover with applied platinum and rose-cut diamond-set decoration, platinum and rose-cut diamond-set terminals and suspension chain, cabochon sapphire-set platinum winder. D. Matte silver with Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 10???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 27 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3-6*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

This type of enameled watch mounted with diamond-set platinum decoration epitomize the elegance of the early years of the 20th century before the outbreak of World War I. They were usually retailed by the best Paris jewelers including Chaumet, Cartier and Boucheron.