18,400 CHF
Breguet à Paris, No. 30689, Swiss, circa 1830.Very fine and rare 20 ct. gold and enamel watch with a special escapement, made for the Islamic market. Four-body, scalloped edge, entirely painted on enamel, on centre back a map of the Ottoman Empire of the period with Turkish characters, on the outer and the bezel, a translucent green enamel border over engine-turning decorated with flowers painted en grisaille. Gold hinged engine-turned cuvette, pendant and bow with champlevé enamel, engine-turned cuvette. 39.5 mm o, gilt brass bridge calibre, 10 jewels,ruby duplex escapement, steel escape wheel, gold three-arm balance, blued-steel, flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette and on the dial.Diam. 47 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, page 284-285.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
