46,000 HKD
“Trusty”Swiss, made for the Chinese market, circa 1890. Fine gilt metal and enamel, pearl-set, hunting cased, keyless, minute-repeating watch with chronograph. Four-body, "bassine et filets", the front cover with the portrait of a lady with forget-me-nots in her hair painted on translucent red enamel over engine-turned, the back painted with a river scene, translucent red enamelborder over engine-turning, half pearl-set bezels, hinged gilt cuvette over glazed bezel for viewing themovement. White enamel, Roman numerals in gold paillon circles, outer gold paillon minute ring, outermost chronograph divisions with five-seconds/minutes Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-06-08