Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019
LOT 16
MOVADO DECORATIVE PRE-ART DECO DRESS-WATCH; 18K YELLOW GOLD AND ENAMEL
HKD 40,000 - 48,000
CHF 4,980 - 5,980 / USD 5,000 - 6,000TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: HKD 37,500
18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, “couteau” knife-shaped dress-watch. Case-back with painting on enamel on gold showing “Les premiers pas du roi de Rome” (Napoléon and its son, the “Roi de Rome”, in the Bagatelles garden), after a painting (1900) of Jules Girardet (1856-1938). Inside case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher “W J L”.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Movado
Year Circa 1910
Calibre 11’’’, “Sûreté”, lever escapement, with patented foot-bridge balance
Case No. 14 902 / 5 420
Diameter 46.8 mm
Signature Dial and Movement
Accessories Copy of the invention patent