Sold for:
$2,070
$2,070
“The Chronos Cameo”Reynaud & Glatou, Genève, No. 4005. Produced circa 1880.Very fine and rare, keyless, 18K gold and sardonyx cameo pendant watch. four-body, “bassine et filets”, solid, case back a cameo finely carved from a single piece of sardonyx with white Chronos head encircled by dark Zodiac signs, gold hinged cuvette. white enamel with Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute red Arabic markers. Gold “Louis XV” hands. 28 mm, frosted gilt, bar caliber, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring, wolf-tooth winding wheels.Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 35 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-03-24