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Hong Kong, Hotel Victoria Hong Kong, Jun 10, 1993
LOT 279
Vacheron - Giraud, Geneva, circa 1860. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, hunting cased fob watch.
HKD 8,000 - 10,000
CHF 1,500 - 1,800
Sold: HKD 13,800
C. Four body, "forme quatre baguettes" with reeded band, bezels pendant and bow chased with floral decoration, the cover enamelled with a painted scene of a young maiden in a garden with a dove and further champleve end scrolled decoration. The back engraved in a "vermicelli" pattern, with painted champleve enamelled flowers and scrolled decoration. Gold engine-turned cuvette engraved with technical details and a floral decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel fancy hands. M. 15-, gilt brass, bar caliber, four jewels, cylinder escapement, plain gilt brass three arm balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 40 mm.
