Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

LOT 361

John Michael Bendele, Augspurg (Germany), circa 1770. Fine and rare 20K gold mounted black onyx watch.

C. Double body Louis XV, gold mounted, bezel and back made of black onyx engraved in a basketwork pattern, the back centred with a rosette. D. White enamel wit Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass Louis XV continental cock with polished steel end piece. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 45 mm.