26,250 CHF
Theatre Of Love Swiss, Signed Breguet à Paris, No. 22393. Made circa 1820. Fine and amusing, gold and painted on enamel pocket watch with concealed erotic scene. Three-body,"Empire", the bezel, band, pendant and bow with foliate chasing, hinged back cover pierced and engraved with a proscenium arch, the aperture showing a polychrome painted on enamel vignette of a young couple, the cover opens to reveal the hidden erotic part of the enamel. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Pierced gold hands. 43 mm., frosted gilt, full plate, turned pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement, pierced and chased continental balance-cock with polished steel endplate, silvered regulation disc. Dial and movement with faux Breguet signature. Diam. 50 mm. Property of an Swiss collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
