Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2014
LOT 879
GOLD & PEARL NAVETTE PENDANT WATCH Swiss, probably Geneva. Made circa 1810. Fine and rare, gold and pearl-set, navette-shaped pendant watch with seconds and a late 19th century gold-mounted black ribbon fob.
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
HKD 50,000 - 66,000 / USD 64,000 - 8,500
Two-body, navette-shaped, polished, pearl-set bezel, the band with 4 screws, the back with sliding shutter plate over the winding and hand-setting apertures. Navette-shaped, translucent dark blue enamel on gold with engraved gold flowers, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and outer minute divisions, above the white enamel seconds dial. Blued-steel hands. 17 x 29 mm. ogival, full plate brass, fixed barrel with separate plate, cylinder escapement, overhanging plain three-arm balance.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |