Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019

LOT 523

RICHARDSON POCKET WATCH MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET; GILDED SILVER, ENAMEL AND PEARLS

HKD 78,000 - 93,000

CHF 9,900 - 11,850 / USD 10,000 - 12,000

Gilded silver, enamel and pearl-set, open-face, key-winding, roundshaped, large pocket watch with centre-seconds, made for the Chinese market. Polychrome painting on enamel on silver, by an unidentified workshop, probably Geneva, showing a young Western woman, in bust, looking to the left, on a royal blue background; fluted case-band; bezel set with half-pearls.


Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-75

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Slightly restored soft enamel

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Richardson

Year circa 1860-1880

Movement No. 376

Calibre  22''', gilded brass, engraved Chinese-style, with going barrel, duplex escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) and blued steel flat hairspringvvvvvv

Material gilded silver, enamel and pearls.

Caliber 22''', gilded brass, engraved Chinese-style, with going barrel, duplex escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) and blued steel flat hairspringvvvvvv

Dimensions Ø 58 mm

Signature movement and cuvette

Notes

It’s extremely rare to find a watch typically made for the Chinese market with such a subject. Another watch from the same retailer was presented by Antiquorum, Hong Kong, auction, October 27, 2017, lot 326.