Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 91

FLOWER AND FRUIT BOUQUET, BAGNOLET CALIBRE Swiss. Made circa 1840. Fine and rare, thin, 18K gold and painted on enamel hunting cased pocket watch. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, the front cover with a fi nely painted on enamel bouquet of fl owers and fruit on a turquoise ground, royal blue champlevé enamel and engraved foliate border, the back cover with a painted on enamel bouquet of fl owers on a royal blue ground, white champlevé enamel foliate scroll border. D. White enamel with radial radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Black Breguet hands. M. 38 mm, bagnolet caliber, chased and engraved with foliate scrolls, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, index regulator disc. Diam. 46 mm. Property of a Japanese Collector