Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2025
LOT 171
MORICAND, SWITZERLAND, BEAUTIFUL LADY, FINELY PAINTED ENAMEL, 18K YELLOW GOLD
CHF 10,000 - 20,000
HKD 98,000 - 196,000 / USD 12,500 - 25,000 / EUR 10,800 - 21,500 / JPY 1,900,000 - 3,800,000
A very fine and rare, 18k gold, manual wind painted on enamel and pearl-set, pocket watch with painted on enamel dial. The bezels set with split pearls, the back set with a painted on enamel portrait of a lady leaning over a pearl-set basket on a plinth decorated with gold paillons. The center of the dial is painted with a putto holding a signature banner over a landscape. Gold hands.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-32 |
Very good Slightly restored |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Moricand, Switzerland
Model Beautiful Lady
Year Circa 1780
Movement No. 31850
Diameter 46 mm.
Caliber 39 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with turned pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, continental cock with polished steel endplate, silvered regulation dial.
Signature Dial and movement signed, case numbered and punched SD on the pendant.