Geneva, Nov 09, 2025
LOT 434
MORICAND, SWITZERLAND, FLOWER BOUQUET, MUSICAL, QUATER REPEATER POCKET WATCH, 18K YELLOW GOLD
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
HKD 98,000 - 146,000 / USD 12,500 - 18,800 / EUR 10,800 - 16,200 / JPY 1,900,000 - 2,850,000TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 15,000
A very fine and rare, 18k gold, manual wind open face, key-winding, musical and quarter repeating pocket watch. Enamel case back with floral motif on a translucent blue background over engine-turning, the bezels set with double rows of half pearls, reeded band, hinged, gold cuvette, gold push-button on the band at 11 o'clock to open the back cover, bolt at 5 o'clock to activate the music, a lever for music/silent protruding from under the cuvette at 9 o'clock. Gold dial, with radical Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, "guilloché" center. Blued steel "Breguet" hands.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Moricand, Switzerland
Model FLOWER BOUQUET
Year Circa 1820
Case No. 49534
Diameter 42 mm.
Caliber 33 mm., cylinder escapement, gold balance, flat balance spring, balance and escape wheel jeweled, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant, disc-type musical train with fixed barrel, 17 tuned teeth alternating on both sides of the pin disc, striking on the hour or on demand.
Signature signed on the cuvette