Only Online Auction
Geneva, Dec 08, 2022
LOT 371
Unsigned
Decorative pocket watch “à portrait”, date; 18K yellow gold and ivory
CHF 2,500 - 5,000
EUR 2,600 - 5,100 / USD 2,700 - 5,300 / HKD 20,700 - 41,400
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Directoire” pocket watch, with a portrait miniature fitted on the case-back, and, one horological complication:
· Date of the month (inner graduation with central index)
Case-back incorporating an unsigned miniature painted on ivory depicting a young woman, in bust form, positioned slightly in three-quarter view, face up, wearing a black dress; the miniature protected by a glass mounted in a riveted gold bezel.
White enamel dial, with suspended “Breguet” numerals; blued steel and gold “Breguet” hands.
Movement 20’’’, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (probably gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental “Louis XVI” cock, polished steel end-piece, silver regulator disc.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned, probably Neuchâtel mountains
Year circa 1800
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 787 (by “O P G”, Neuchâtel mountains)
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 53.9 mm.
Caliber 20’’’, verge escapement
Weight 113 gr. (approx.)
Accessories later brass winding-key
Notes
Important notice
This lot is subject to CITES export / import restrictions.
The lot can only be shipped to addresses within the Switzerland or collected from our Geneva office.
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to ivory, coral and tortoise-shell.
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