Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 132

Favre Leuba & Co., Bombay,No. 39715, Swiss. Produced for theIndian Market circa 1880.Fine and rare, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K yellow gold,enamel and diamonds watch.

C. four-body, solid, "bassine et filets", engine-turned band,hinged covers, front cover with enameled portrait of a younglady, surrounded by a diamond-set frame, case back withenameled painting of a bird, a lute and tambourine, notes andsurrounding flowers, hinged gold cuvette with peripheralengine-turning. D. white enamel with painted radial Romannumerals, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold "Spade" hands.M. Cal. 16???, gilt brass, 13 jewels, bimetallic compensationbalance, blued steel flat balance spring.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 41 mm.