Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 120

Golay Fils & Stahl, Genève & Paris, No. 4228. Made circa 1912. Very fine and elegant, minute-repeating, silver, gold, enamel, quartz, agate and rose diamond desk clock with original re-lined gold tooled leather covered case and key.

HKD 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,000 / USD 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: HKD 115,000

C. Two-body, overlaid with opalescent pink guilloche enamel with whiteenamel and gold line borders, gold bezel with white enamelbeading, agate repeat button, moulded quartz base, shuttered winding holes.D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outerminute track and Arabic five minute numerals. Rose diamond set hands. M.Made by Nocturne, rectangular frosted gilt plates, springbarrel, platform escapement with straight line lever, cut bimetalliccompensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator,repeating with two hammers on two gongs.Dial and movement signed.Dim. 74 x 48 x 39 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

Golay Fils & Stahl. Has its roots in the Geneva of the 19th century. The original firm was founded in 1837 by the clockmaker Golay-Leresche, and was located Quai des Bergues, 31, next to the Hotel des Bergues. In 1857, the firm passed into the hands of the founder?s son who made complicated watches for both men and women and began exporting the firm?s creations, primarily to the United States. At the beginning of the 20th century, the company was sold to Stahl, hence the current name of Golay Fils & Stahl. The firm?s success continued and enjoyed an important clientele worlwide, including, among others, the King of Romania and the Maharajah of Barodah. In 1962, Jacques Wolfgang, father of the current owner Jesse Wolfgang, bought the company. As a specialist in diamonds, colored stones and jewelry, he added a new style to the house?s creations. ?Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois?, Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.