Contemporary, Limited Edition and Mod...

New York, Park Lane Hotel, Dec 15, 1998

LOT 248

Girard Perregaux, Chaux-de-Fonds, Swiss, circa 1870. Very fine and unusual silver and enamel crucifix watch in original fitted box.

C. Three body, massive, designed as a cross, the face with an enamel painted Virgin and Child, a cherub and a sheep, and angel's heads applied against a matted ground, the back with a black champleve Latin prayer. Hinged silver cuvette engraved with flowers and foliage. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer red Arabic minute ring. Blued steel "spade " hands. M. Gilt brass, cross shaped bar calibre, eight jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed on the dial and cuvette. Dim. 68 x 43 mm.