Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, May 10, 2020
LOT 139
John Baker - Decorative Neoclassical pocket watch; 20K yellow gold, enamel, pearls and diamonds
HKD 120,000 - 150,000
USD 15,400 - 19,300 / EUR 14,400 - 18,000 / CHF 15,400 - 19,300
20K yellow gold, open face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with white enamel dial. Royal blue flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) case-back, with a rose-cut diamond-set rosacea, and, in the centre, a large diamond surrounded by a crown of 13 pearls; bezels set with 43 pearls each; then a total of 99 pearls. 23’’’, circular plates with pillars, gilded brass, with fusee and chain, cylinder escapement (brass wheel), monometallic balance (polished steel) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded English cock, diamond end-stone.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3 * |
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Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Year circa 1800
Movement No. 835
Case No. 2 811 (by an unknown case-maker, London)
Material 20K yellow gold, enamel, pearls and diamonds
Diameter 54.5 mm.
Caliber 23’’’, cylinder escapement (brass wheel)
Signature movement