35,400 HKD
“River Landscape” Mottu, Geneva. Made circa 1840. Very fine, thin, 18K gold and enamel pendant watch. Three-body, the back with polychrome enamel seen of an alpine valley with a river flowing through framed by white champlevé enamel with foliate sprays, the bezel decorated to mach the frame. Hinged gold cuvette. Gold engine-turned with Roman chapter ring, the center and outer with floral and folliate decoration, outer dot minute divisions. Blued steel spade hands. Notes Daniel Mottu was a watchmaker working in Geneva during the second half of the 19th century. He is recorded at Quai des Etuves 30 in 1861. Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02