2,500 CHF
Aubert - Enamel Flowers D. F. Aubert à Geneve, No. 19828. Made circa 1840. Fine, 18K gold, ramolayé and painted on enamel lady’s pendant watch. Four-body, shaped edges, the bezel decorated with black champlevé enamel and engraved gold flowers and foliage, the back cover painted on enamel with four flower sprays, gold ramolayé flowers between, translucent red guilloche enamel ground, outer border to match the bezel. Hinged gold cuvette. Silver, engine-turned with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, central engraved foliate decoration. Blued steel spade hands. 12’’’, matte gilt, Lepine caliber, jeweled cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gilt balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Diam. 35 mm. Property of a French Gentleman Notes It is unusual to find a watch with both painted on enamel and ramolayé enamel.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-05-15
