Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 259

Rossel & Fils, successors de J. F. Bautte à Genève, No. 80918. Made circa 1860. Fine 18K gold and enamel, rose diamond-set folding lorgnette with concealed watch.

HKD 43,000 - 58,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,000 / USD 5,500 - 7,500

Sold: HKD 70,150

C. Spring-loaded front cover decorated with a rose diamond-set pattern on translucent imperial blue guillocheenamel ground, back and handle engraved with foliate strapwork against an engine-turned background. D. White enamel, radial Romannumerals, outer minute ring, set in gold plate with winding, setting and regulating apertures. Blued-steel ?spade? hands.M. 18.2 x 32 mm, rectangular, gilt brass bar calibre, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain gilt brass three-arm balance, blued-steel flatbalance spring. Signed on the dial plate. Dim. 83 x 22 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3 - 6
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

J. Rossel & Fils Formerly the long established firm of J. F. Bautte & Cie, founded in 1790. Rossel signed ?Successors to J.F. Bautte a Genève ? between 1860 and 1883. The company won First Class medals at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and Paris 1855. See: ?Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois?, Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998, pp. 353.