Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...
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LOT 103
The Pearl StarMoricand & Comp., Geneva, circa 1790.Fine and elegant 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set watch.
HKD 47,000 - 62,000
EUR 6,500 - 9,000 / USD 6,000 - 8,000
C. Double-body, "Directoire", split pearl-set bezels, the imperial blue enameled back panel centered with a split pearl-inlaid rosette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gold pierced hands. M. 43.6 mm., hinged gilt brass, Hessen flat caliber with going barrel, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance-spring.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 54 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |
Notes
Moricand & Co.This company, which succeeded Moricand et Benjamin Deslisle, was founded circa 1780, after the deaths of the partners Delisle and Benjamin. It is known for watches with special escapements, complicated automata watches, and watches with repetition, alarm, equation of time, and fantasy and enamel watches."Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.