Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

LOT 28

Cupid in Flowers Unsigned, Geneva, circa 1820.Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel pearl-set skeletonized medallion pendant watch.

C. Circular thin medallion pierced and engraved with Cupid with his bow and arrows among gold, enamel and paillon flowers and foliage, azure enamel pearl-set frame, gold scalloped edge, ring pendant, the movement set in the upper portion, bezel decorated with blue and white enamel in a repeated pattern, back cover with azure enamel and gold roses within a blue and white enamel frame, small steel pin to open the bezel. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute track with fifteen-minute Arabimarkers, winding aperture between 3 and 4 o'clock. Gold "arrow" hands. M. 21.5 mm. (9 1/2'''), rare gilt brass full plate caliber with three apertures for the fixed barrel, balance and train, each with its own plate, cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance with flat balance spring.Diam. 61 mm.