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Geneva, Sep 22, 2021

LOT 177

Unsigned
Large decorative pocket watch; gun metal, gilded metal and enamel

CHF 800 - 1,600

EUR 750 - 1,500 / USD 900 - 1,800 / HKD 6,900 - 13,700

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 362

Gun metal, gilded metal and enamel, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, large pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6.

Red flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) case-back with a scene showing a beautiful, shapely, naked woman standing and looking into a hand mirror ... unless she is looking this way at a potential lover who will take her to heaven, into that strange scarlet sky!

Egg-shell colour enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; gilded metal “Louis XV” hands.

Movement 24’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with gold poising screws and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-6-8-71-13

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines

Slightly damaged

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Unsigned, Switzerland

Year circa 1900

Movement No. 118 875

Case No. unnumbered

Diameter 67.3 mm.

Caliber 22’’’, lever escapement

Weight 209 gr. (approx.)

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.