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.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original