9,200 CHF
Attributed to Atelier Albert Prévost, 135 Paris, circa 1930. Very fine and attractive small 18K gold, agate, and enamel, eight-day going Art Deco desk clock. Two-body, horizontal rectangular, decorated with black and azure champlevé enamel in geometrical pattern, front with gold hour chapter against black champlevé enamel, curved agate base, champlevé enamel handle. Silver, square, engine turned in "sunburst" pattern, champlevé radial Roman numerals, inner minute divisions. Diamond-set hands. Rectangular, 34 x 25 mm, frosted gilt, going barrel, 11 jewels, straight line lever escapement, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring.Dim. 45 x 43 mm.Atelier Albert Prévost Notes Atelier Albert Prévost All the major Parisian jewelers called on the Prévost workshop for the design and execution of their most magnificent desk clocks. The movements were supplied mostly by Majestic Watch Co.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
