Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 59
Unsigned
Small pocket watch made for the Chinese market; 18K yellow gold, enamel and pearls
Small pocket watch made for the Chinese market; 18K yellow gold, enamel and pearls
HKD 104,000 - 130,000
CHF 12,700 - 18,900 / USD 13,400 - 16,800
18K yellow gold, enamel and pearl-set, hunting-case, key-winding, round-shaped, small pocket watch, made for the Chinese market; hinged cuvette (dome).
Cover and case-back polychrome enamelled with pearl-set representing Lotus flowers.
White enamel dial with black painted radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.
15’’’, full plate, gilded brass, with fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock.
Cover and case-back polychrome enamelled with pearl-set representing Lotus flowers.
White enamel dial with black painted radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.
15’’’, full plate, gilded brass, with fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: |
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned, Geneva
Year circa 1815-1825
Caliber 15’’’, verge escapement
Dimensions Ø 41.7 mm.
Notes
A more or less similar decorative pattern can be found on a pair of watches made for the Chinese market. Their movements are signed by Piguet & Meylan, Geneva. Their large cases are made by the Oltramare Brothers, Geneva (Ø 61 mm.). These two splendid pieces are kept today at the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva (Inv. S-301 a+b).
Bibliography
• Tellier, Arnaud, & Didier, Mélanie, Le Miroir de la séduction, Prestigieuses paires de montres « chinoises » – The Mirror of Seduction, Prestigious pairs of “Chinese” Watches, Geneva, Patek Philippe Museum Editions, 2010 (172 pp.), pp. 112-113.
Bibliography
• Tellier, Arnaud, & Didier, Mélanie, Le Miroir de la séduction, Prestigieuses paires de montres « chinoises » – The Mirror of Seduction, Prestigious pairs of “Chinese” Watches, Geneva, Patek Philippe Museum Editions, 2010 (172 pp.), pp. 112-113.