Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Mar 03, 2021
LOT 294
Unsigned
Pocket watch, quarter-repeater, erotic scene; 18K yellow gold and enamel
HKD 28,200 - 57,000
CHF 3,300 - 6,500 / EUR 3,000 - 6,000 / USD 3,700 - 7,300
Sold: HKD 37,500
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with one horological complication:
· Quarter-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by depressing the pendant)
Case-back with painted on enamel on gold, by an unidentified workshop, showing a delicate young girl holding two kittens in her dress, which naively raising her nightie reveals her intimate parts that a nasty cat – probably the ancestor of the Angry Cat – eyeing the corner of the eye.
Movement 21’’’, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3 * |
|
Dial: 3-13-01 |
Good Slightly damaged HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned, Neuchâtel mountains
Year circa 1810-1820
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 1 202 / 7 045 (by “P C Fs”, Neuchâtel mountains)
Material 18K yellow gold and enamel
Diameter 54 mm.
Caliber 21’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement
Notes
A similar watch with a silver case (signed Breguet, No. 19 354; apocryphal signature), was auctioned by Antiquorum, Geneva, auction, March 31 – April 1st, 2001, The Sandberg Watch Collection, lot 134, sold for the amount of CHF 11 500.-; then, Antiquorum, Geneva, auction, March 27, 2011, lot 180, sold for the amount of CHF 12 500.-