41,400 HKD
“Ad. Jausions à Pau”, Swiss, circa 1890.Fine 18K gold, diamond-set, keyless minute-repeating pendant watch. Four-body, "bassine et filets", the back cover set with diamonds in an elaborate pattern, the front also diamond-set, forming the word “Liggie”, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold “spade” hands. 32 mm ø, gilt brass, 31 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, pin-set, repeating on gongs through activatng slide in the band.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 39 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-06-08