Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 292

Swiss, circa 1840. Fine 18K gold and enamel, very slim watch with eccentric dial, accompanied by the matching gold and enamel ratchet key.

C. Four body, fully decorated with a champleve enamelled floral decoration over a black enamel ground. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver engineturned with Roman numerals on a polished eccentric chapter ring. Gold Breguet hands. M. 13 1/2"', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, four jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Diam. 37 mm.