21,600 HKD
Royal Blue Swiss. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1810. Fine, small, 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set pendant watch. Two-body, “Empire”, pearl-set bezels, reeded band, the back decorated with translucent royal blue enamel over sunray engineturning. Gold, engine-turned, black Arabic numerals on circular white enamel reserves, outer white enamel minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. 29 mm., frosted gilt, full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance, flat balance spring, continental balance cock with steel endplate, silvered regulation dial. Diam. 36 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-08