4,000 CHF
Colomby – Montre a Portrait Abraham Colomby, (Geneva), No. 8990. Made circa 1780. Fine and rare, 18K gold, painted on enamel and paste-set, pair-cased pendant watch. Outer: two-body, back with painted on enamel portrait of a lady with paste-set highlights, paste frame, translucent imperial blue enamel border with gold paillon foliage, band engraved with repeated pattern, front bezel set with pastes. Inner: two-body, “bassine”, polished. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals. Gilt Louis hands. 27 mm, hinged, gilt full-plate with pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock with ruby-paste endstone, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
