Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 09, 1997
LOT 274
Golay Fils & Stahl, Geneve, No. 37795, circa 1920. Very fine and rare platinum diamond and jet-set keyless Art-Deco brooch-watch.
HKD 50,000 - 58,000
USD 6,500 - 7,500
C. Double body, the watch hinged on the border of the hexagonal brooch. D. Small square matt silver with Arabic numerals. Blued steel hands. M. 2 1/2, rhodium plated, "L" shaped, "fausses cotes " decoration with Geneva quality marks, Niton ebauche, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, fully adjusted cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the brooch and movement. In very good condition. Dim. 42 x 22 mm.
Notes
By the time this brooch-watch was made, only Niton was
producing such "L" shaped movements.