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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 284

Attributed to Bautte & Moynier, Genève, circa 1825.Very fine 18K rose gold watch entirely set with graduated pearls with a gold chain, a matching key and a heart charm.

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

USD 1,400 - 1,700

Sold: CHF 10,925

C. Two-body, 'forme punaise', the back, the bezels, the bow and the pendant entirely covered with half-pearls, spring-loaded bezel. D. Matte gold, engine-turned, Roman numerals set with half-pearls, minute ring with half-pearls, aperture for winding, gold hands. M. 14??? fire-gilded Lepine caliber with standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gold balance, blued-steel flat balance spring, jeweled escapement.Diam. 42 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 4

Fair

Movement: 4 - 5*
Dial: 4 - 01

Notes

A very similar watch is illustrated in 'The Sandberg Watch Collection', text by Terence Camerer Cuss, layout & design by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998, p. 205.