6,325 CHF
Geneva, circa 1810. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel diamond-set pendant watch designed as a cockle shell with matching bow. Double body in the form of a cockle shell, blue enamelled cover and back with old-cut diamond-set border and white champleve enamelled decoration, matching bow. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gold hands. Hinged gilt- brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, unusual continental cock with polished- steel end-piece. Dim. 45 x 31 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-04-18