13,800 CHF
Unsigned, Geneva, circa 1800. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold, enamel, diamond-and pearl-set ring watch. Two-body, hexagonal top with applied gold foliate decoration over matted ground, four rose-cut diamond accents, blue enamel edges, shoulders with gold foliate decoration, spring-loaded bezel set with half pearls. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions with fifteen-minute Arabic numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands. 15.4 mm o, weight: 4 grams, hinged, gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm brass balance, continental cock symmetrically pierced and engraved.Dim. 34 x 25 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, page 388-389.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31