Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012
LOT 358
YELLOW GOLD DIAMOND & RUBIES DRESS WATCH Agassiz, Swiss, case No. 1398. Made circa 1915. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, diamond and rubies lady's dress watch.
HKD 27,000 - 35,000
USD 3,500 - 4,500 / EUR 2,600 - 3,400
Sold: HKD 33,750
C. Four-body, solid, bassine, hinged back and cuvette, entirely decorated in a fl ower and leaf motif, case back set with 9 round diamonds and 9 baguette rubies, skeletonized and partially revealing the cuvette decorated in a green sunburst champleve enamel. D. Ivory enamel with violet painted Breguet numerals, outer gold dot minute division, subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands. M. Cal. 8 3/4???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed Swiss and numbered. Diam. 28 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |