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The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

LOT 416

Jean Robert Soret, Geneva, No. 26640, circa 1780 Fine and rare 18K gold and painted on enamel, diamond paste-set pair-cased pendant watch.

HKD 25,000 - 35,000

EUR 2,600 - 3,700 / USD 30,200 - 4,500

Sold: HKD 23,000

C. Outer: two-body, back with two painted on enamel portraits of a lady and a gentleman, champlevé blue enamel foliage below, top with paste-set flower, bezels engraved with repeated pattern. Inner: two-body, ?bassine?polished with deep back. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers. Paste-set elaborate hands. M. 30 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock with ruby-paste endstone.Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 39 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3 - 40 - 56
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Jean Robert Soret (1731-1799) was a Master watchmaker from a horological family of at least three generations. One member of the family, Frédéric, worked in London; he may have represented the family on the English market. ?Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.