Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 485

A. Golay Leresche & Fils, Geneve No. 11411, circa 1880. Fine 18K gold and enamel, hunting cased diamond-set keyless fob watch.

C. Four body, massive, "Louis XVI", cover and back with blue flinque enamel with engraved foliate border, the cover with a rose-cut diamond inlaid monogram, similarly decorated back centred with a lotus flower. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals within gold frames and red outer Arabic minutes ring. Blued-steel "spade" hands. M. 12 "' , nickel plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain silvered threearm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 35 mm.