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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000
LOT 534
Charman London, No. 9079, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1820.Very fine and rare, large, 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set watch.
HKD 240,000 - 280,000
USD 30,000 - 35,000
C. Three-body with split-pearl set bezels, the band, pendant and bow cast with shellfish decoration, the back enamel panel painted with a fine composition of summer flowers over a red flinqué ground, the border with champlevé enamelled decoration over an azure ground. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Gold ?poker and beetle? hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, the back plate secured by screws, going barrel, cylinder escapment, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass skeletonized English cock with polished steel end-piece.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 64 mm.
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 - 6 - 21 |
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Movement: * 3 |
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Dial: 3 - 11 - 01 |