Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019
LOT 584
UNSIGNED POCKET WATCH WITH CONCEALED EROTIC SCENE; 18K YELLOW GOLD PLATED
HKD 26,000 - 44,000
CHF 3,400 - 5,600 / USD 3,450 - 5,750
18K yellow gold plated, hunting-case, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and an erotic scene painted on enamel on copper, concealed in a secret compartment of the case-back, showing a naked couple “making the beast with two backs” … as Shakespeare said! Cover and case-back guilloché engine-turned.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-11 |
Good Slightly worn |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01/69_71 |
Good |
Brand Unsigned
Year circa 1860
Calibre 19''', gilded brass, with going barrel, straightline equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance and blued steel flat hairspring
Material 18K yellow gold plated (probably on silver)
Caliber 19''', gilded brass, with going barrel, straightlineequilibrated lever escapement, compensatedbalance and blued steel flat hairspring
Dimensions Ø 53.5 mm.