Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019
LOT 526
UNSIGNED POCKET WATCH MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET; GILDED SILVER, ENAMEL AND PEARLS
HKD 35,000 - 53,000
CHF 4,550 - 6,800 / USD 4,600 - 6,850
Gilded silver (0.800), enamel and pearl-set, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, 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 couple making an offering to an altar of Love, in neoclassical-style, on a royal blue background; fluted case-band; bezel set with half-pearls.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned
Year circa 1880
Calibre 17''', gilded brass, engraved Chinese-style, with going barrel, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) with blued-steel wings balance and blued steel flat hairspring
Case No. 501
Material gilded silver, enamel and pearls
Caliber 17''', gilded brass, engraved Chinese-style, with going barrel, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) with blued-steel wings balance and blued steel flat hairspring
Dimensions Ø 45 mm