Geneva, Nov 09, 2025
LOT 431
WILLIAM WATSON, SWITZERLAND, POCKET WATCH MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET, ENAMEL AND PEARLS, GILDED SILVER
CHF 3,500 - 5,500
HKD 34,000 - 54,000 / USD 4,400 - 6,900 / EUR 3,800 - 6,000 / JPY 670,000 - 1,050,000
A very fine, silver gilt, enamel and pearls, manual wind open-face, key-winding, pocket watch with centre-seconds, blue steel hands. Green and orange flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) case-back with a white enamel geometric pattern representing a rosaceous motif; engraved case-band; bezel, pendant and bow set with half-pearls.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-13 |
Good Slightly damaged |
Movement: 3-6-8* |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand William Watson, Switzerland
Year Circa 1840
Diameter 56 mm.
Caliber 44 mm., mirror polished and blued steel Chinese-style calibre, going barrel, duplex escapement, polished steel monometallic balance with blued-steel wings balance and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.
Signature Movement