Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

LOT 413

Caron, A Paris, No. 755, circa 1750. Very fine 18K and painted on enamel watch.

HKD 70,000 - 90,000

EUR 7,500 - 9,500 / USD 9,000 - 12,000

Sold: HKD 80,500

C. Two-body, Louis XV, probably by master casemaker Jacques de La Feuille, back painted on enamel with roses in relief against translucent imperial blue enamel over crosshatch flinqué, gold stems and leaves, bezel decorated en suite in blue enamel. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture between 3 and 4 o?clock. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 38 mm, gilt brass full-plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement brass balance with flat balance spring, micrometrical potence adjustment, continental cock.Signed on the movement, pendant punched with Paris guarantee marks.Diam. 46 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3 - 54
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

The pair to this watch was sold by Antiquorum during the ?Important Watches, Collector's Wristwatches and Clocks? sale held on November 16, 2002, lot 153. For a biography, see lot 36.