Hong Kong, May 29, 2022
LOT 330
Louis-Frédéric Perrelet
Presentation pocket watch; 18K yellow gold and enamel
HKD 67,000 - 134,000
EUR 8,000 - 16,000 / CHF 8,400 - 16,800 / USD 8,500 - 17,000
18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, presentation pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6.
Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with friezes; in the centre, painted polychrome on enamel on gold, the portrait in bust of Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860), King of Westphalia (1807-1813), Governor of the Invalides (1848), Marshall of France (1850), President of the French Senate (1852), in front of a red curtain, with the dome of the Senate in Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg, in the background; the miniature signed lower left “H.L. Steiner à Paris”; gold cuvette (dome); fluted case-band.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 17’’’ ½, gilded brass, going barrel, lateral equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator, polished rose gold end-pieces on the escape-wheel and on the lever.
Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with friezes; in the centre, painted polychrome on enamel on gold, the portrait in bust of Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860), King of Westphalia (1807-1813), Governor of the Invalides (1848), Marshall of France (1850), President of the French Senate (1852), in front of a red curtain, with the dome of the Senate in Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg, in the background; the miniature signed lower left “H.L. Steiner à Paris”; gold cuvette (dome); fluted case-band.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 17’’’ ½, gilded brass, going barrel, lateral equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator, polished rose gold end-pieces on the escape-wheel and on the lever.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Perrelet, Paris
Model “Horloger Mécanicien”
Year December 1852
Movement No. 1 775 (ebauche No. 0198)
Case No. 198
Material 18K yellow gold and enamel
Diameter 44.6 mm.
Caliber 17’’’ ½, lateral equilibrated lever escapement
Weight 67.4 gr. (approx.)
Signature cuvette (dome)
Notes
Bonaparte, Jerome
Ajaccio, 1784 - Château de Villegénis, Massy, 1860
King of Westphalia (1807-1813), Governor of the Invalides (1848), Marshall of France (1850), President of the French Senate (1852)
He was the youngest brother of Napoleon I (1769-1821), Emperor of the French (1804-1814 and 1815). Married, in 1807, to his second wife Princess Katherine of Wurttemberg (1783-1835), he became King of Westphalia the same year, but, incapable to govern, he lost his throne in 1813. After Waterloo (June 18, 1815), he found refuge near his father-in-law, Frederick III (1754-1816), Duke of Wurttemberg (1797-1803), Elector (1803-1805) then King of Wurttemberg under the name of Frederick Wilhelm I (1805-1816). Returned home in Paris in 1848, he took advantage of the advancement of his nephew Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873), the future Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870), that gave him the titles of Governor of the Invalides (1848), Marshall of France (1850), then President of the French Senate (1852).
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Steiner, H. L. (18…?-18…?), Paris
Peintre en miniature sur émaux répertorié à Paris en 1847, 31, rue de Beaune.
King of Westphalia (1807-1813), Governor of the Invalides (1848), Marshall of France (1850), President of the French Senate (1852)
He was the youngest brother of Napoleon I (1769-1821), Emperor of the French (1804-1814 and 1815). Married, in 1807, to his second wife Princess Katherine of Wurttemberg (1783-1835), he became King of Westphalia the same year, but, incapable to govern, he lost his throne in 1813. After Waterloo (June 18, 1815), he found refuge near his father-in-law, Frederick III (1754-1816), Duke of Wurttemberg (1797-1803), Elector (1803-1805) then King of Wurttemberg under the name of Frederick Wilhelm I (1805-1816). Returned home in Paris in 1848, he took advantage of the advancement of his nephew Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873), the future Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870), that gave him the titles of Governor of the Invalides (1848), Marshall of France (1850), then President of the French Senate (1852).
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Steiner, H. L. (18…?-18…?), Paris
Peintre en miniature sur émaux répertorié à Paris en 1847, 31, rue de Beaune.