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LOT 356
Karnak and the Valley of the Kings Lattes Frères & Cie, Genève. Made for the Oriental market, circa 1890. Fine and rare, hunting-cased, keyless 18K gold and enamel automaton watch with quarter-repeating.
HKD 80,000 - 120,000
EUR 8,500 - 13,000 / USD 10,000 - 15,000
C. Five-body, "bassine et filets", entirely decorated in black enamel basse taille, the front with a pharaoh flanked by two sphinxes and two obelisks, the back with ruins of Karnak with the Valley of the Kings in the background, bezels and band in repeated pattern, gold hinged engine-turned cuvette. D. White enamel ring with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds, center with automaton scene depicting Chronos forging his scythe on translucent Imperial blue enamel over engine-turning. Gold "Spade" hands. M. 43 mm ø (19???), rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 54 mm.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 - 6 |
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Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 6 - 13 - 01 |