Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...
Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003
LOT 521
Unsigned, Geneva, No. 13372, circa 1895.Very fine 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set, keyless, "Boule de Genève", suspended from a matching brooch.
CHF 6,500 - 8,500
EUR 4,500 - 6,000 / USD 4,800 - 6,300
C. Three-body, the band set half pearls, covers with applied pearl-set gold flowers and leaves against black champlevé enamel. Brooch of pearl set rosette with pearl-set leaves steaming down to a gold hook. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, figure "12" in red, minute chapter ring, snap-on fit. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 17.6mm (8'''), frost gilt, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with flat balance spring, wound by means of the revolving bezel patented by Marius LeCoultre.Diam. 23 mm.
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Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
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Movement: 3* |
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Dial: 3 - 01 |
Notes
''Boule de Genève" watches usually incorporate double-plan movements and the revolving bezel winding system patented by Marius LeCoultre of Geneva on 12 January, 1889, Swiss patent No. 114.