408,480 HKD
Not signed (Henry Capt, Genève? ), circa 1815. Very fine and rare, 18 ct. gold and enamel, pearl and diamond-set watch designed as a harp with music. The watch with pearl set bezel is set on the back of the instrument below below a fine enamel panel painted with musical trophies, side panels of blue enamel with chased quivers and white champleve enamelled borders, a rose diamond set at the end of each rope. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel "spade" hands. Dial plate of black champleve enamel with foliage decoration. Hinged gilt brass shaped, full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance and gilt brass continental coxk. GiIt brass musical movement with pin-barrel and six stacked vibrating steel blades. In very good condition. Dim. 76 x 49 mm. Notes At the period this watch was made, Henry Capt and Piguet Meylan only were making such type of musical objects of virtue in Geneva. The musical movements with pin-barrel and stacked steel blades is very much in the style of those produced by Henry Capt.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1994-06-17
