Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

LOT 423

Bautte & Cie a Geneve, No. 41706, circa 1840. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel bracelet with built-in, digital watch.

C. Fully decorated with white champleve enamelled decoration over a black ground, the watch with spring loaded bezel is set on a bracelet made of inter-linked double U and bar elements. D. Fully decorated with flowers and foliage over a black ground and centred with hour and minute apertures. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. Dim. of the watch frame: 50 x 48 mm.