Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2018
LOT 395
MATTHEY & COMPAGNIE "DIRECTOIRE" WATCH WITH ITS CHATELAINE, 18K YELLOW GOLD
HKD 80,000 - 100,000
CHF 10,000 - 12,500 / USD 10,300 - 12,800
18K yellow gold, enamel and diamond-set, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, "Directoire" pocket watch, hinged case-back; accompanied with its chatelaine (stamped "A V"), its breloques and its seal. Royal blue flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) case-back, showing a basket of flowers on a balcony with applied rose-cut diamonds decoration.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-77 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Restored soft enamel |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Mathey and Cie.
Year circa 1795
Movement No. 1 254
Caliber 18 ½'' gilded brass, with fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance and blued steel flat hairspring
Dimensions Ø 51.5 mm.
Signature dial and movement
Accessories glassed protective gilded brass case (Ø 56.5 mm); original fitted box