Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Mar 03, 2021
LOT 299
Unsigned
Small pocket watch, eccentric dial; 18K gold and enamel
HKD 47,000 - 66,000
CHF 5,500 - 7,600 / EUR 5,000 - 7,000 / USD 6,100 - 8,500
18K gold and enamel, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, small “Médaillon à la Breguet”-type pocket watch.
“Collier”-type case with fluted case-band. Case-back decorated with a geometric motif forming a sunburst, with a white enamel medallion in the centre, encircled in black, with the cypher “J P B”; the rim decorated en suite with a frieze.
Gold guilloché (engine-turned) dial with a small eccentric time-dial at 6 o’clock and within a circumferential sector, engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut), the motto “La Mejor es la del olvido de las disgracias” (The best [hour] is the time to forget about the disgraces / misfortunes).
Movement 9’’’ ½, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.