Hong Kong, May 29, 2022
LOT 337
Unsigned
Purse form-watch; 18K yellow gold and enamel
HKD 100,000 - 200,000
EUR 12,000 - 24,000 / CHF 12,600 - 25,200 / USD 12,700 - 25,400
18K yellow gold and enamel, key-winding, object in the shape of a purse incorporating a watch.
Cover with a Royal blue flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) panel, with a polychrome painting of a dog in the centre, symbol of Fidelity; the animal is in front of a mirror and is surrounded by foliage.
Case-back with a Royal blueflinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) panel, with two engraved roses.
Inside cover engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with a cherub and a wreath of flowers; inside with silk lined money compartments closed with an engraved gold mechanical pencil.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.
Movement, 32.3 x 18.1 mm., rectangular-shaped and rounded on one side, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index regulator.
Cover with a Royal blue flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) panel, with a polychrome painting of a dog in the centre, symbol of Fidelity; the animal is in front of a mirror and is surrounded by foliage.
Case-back with a Royal blueflinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) panel, with two engraved roses.
Inside cover engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with a cherub and a wreath of flowers; inside with silk lined money compartments closed with an engraved gold mechanical pencil.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.
Movement, 32.3 x 18.1 mm., rectangular-shaped and rounded on one side, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned, Geneva
Model attributable to Auguste Dutertre, Geneva
Year circa 1850-1860
Movement No. 1 682
Case No. 1 682
Material 18K yellow gold and enamel
Caliber 32.3 x 18.1 mm., cylinder escapement
Dimensions 48.2 x 69.9 x 15.9 mm.
Accessories gold mechanical pencil
Notes
Watches-objects
In Geneva, in the 1850-1860’s, Auguste Dutertre (1798-1866), a jeweller, had made the specialty of making watches-objects so-called “bijoux à montres” in the shaped of “carnets-de-bal” (notebooks), powder-boxes, purses, “lorgnons” or “lorgnettes” (foldable eyeglasses), albums of painting (miniature books), and also small watches in the shaped of hearts, locks, rings, etc.
He awarded for them and for its watches with horological complications and its pocket chronometers, a Gold Medal (section “Montres de luxes”, “Médaille de 1ère classe”) during the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1855, and other distinctions in London and New York.
He was established in Geneva, 7, rue Arnold Winkelried (near the place des Bergues, in the continuity of the Bergues footbridge), as “Fabrique de Bijouterie et joaillerie, en tous genres. Spécialité pour bijoux à montres”.
He subcontracts his jewellery work to Patek, Philippe & Co., where he buys movements, so-called “lorgnon”, for his other orders.
In this range of objects, its competitors are the houses founded by Jean-François Bautte (1772-1837) and David-Auguste Golay-Leresche (1814-1895).