7,080 HKD
“Diamond Bouquet” J. L. Liodet, Place de l’Ecu de Geneve, Geneve. Made circa 1840. Very fine diamond set 18K gold and enamel fob watch. Accompanied by a short chain and ratchet key. Three-body, the back with translucent white enamel over a guilloché ground centered with a diamond set floral spray, outer gold scroll decoration, coin-edge band. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold Breguet hands. 13’’’, gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Notes J. Louis Liodet was a watchmaker and merchant who is recorded at Rue du Rhône 64 in 1857. Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
