Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 34

SET OF 2 BALL PENDANT WATCHES A)ANONYMOUS SWISS BALL WATCH SILVER AND ENAMEL Anonymous, Swiss. Made circa 1930. Fine, sterling silver and enamel Art Deco ball-shaped pendant watch with a 40 cm sterling silver chain with 11 blue enameled sections.
B)BUCHERER BALL WATCH SILVER AND ENAMEL Bucherer, Swiss. Made circa 1930. Fine, sterling silver and enamel Art Deco ball-shaped pendant watch with a 32 cm sterling silver chain with 18 floral décor round stations and 34 baton sections.

A) C. Three-body, spherical, blue guilloche enamel. D. Satine silver with printed Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel cathedral hands. M. Cal. 1005, rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 23 mm.
B) C. Three-body, spherical, yellow guilloche enamel detailed with 24 diamond-shaped green enamel decoration. D. Satine silver with applied yellow gold Arabic 12 numerals and baton indexes. Yellow gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 1001, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 23 mm.