32,200 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 353125, case by Verger, circa 1910 Fine oval 18K gold, platinum and enamel, diamondset keyless pendant watch with matching diamond set chain. Three piece, oval with diamond set powder blue enamelled bezels painted with white decoration, the glazed back of ivory, painted with a fine blue and white miniature of a maiden and cherubs in the antique style. Matching platinum chain set with 28 diamonds. Ivory with Arabic numerals and decorated with a painted miniature in the same style of the back. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes Verger, Paris. Two generations of designers and casemakers founded by Ferdinand Verger in 1872, Place des Victoires a Paris. Ferdinand Verger had two sons, Georges and Henri. In 1896 the trademark "LV." was registered. Ferdinand Verger bought from Roux, the firm of Lepine, Place des Victoires, in 1901 and in 1914 he liquidated the remaining stock to Louis Leroy but kept the trademark which was registered again by him in 1917. Successors of their father in 1911, Georges and Henri settled at 51, rue Sainte Anne under the name of Verger Freres. The mastermark became "V.F. " . They were the agent in Paris for Vacheron & Constantin. Not only wholesalers but also designers and case-makers. They produced cases for the finest jewellers of the world, including Boucheron, Mauhoussin, Ostertag, Tiffany, La Cloche, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Giibclin and even Hauser-Zivy y Cia. in Mexico. They employed up to 40 craftsmen Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-10-18
