17,700 HKD
“Portrait of a Young Lady” Romilly, à Paris, Swiss. Made circa 1775. Fine, 20K gold, painted on enamel and rosecut diamond-set pocket watch. Two-body, leaf-engraved, the back set with a painted on enamel portrait of a young lady with flowers and a ribbon in her hair, the border and bezel set with rose-cut diamonds in silver mounts. White enamel, radial Roman numerals intersected by rose-cut diamonds, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 2 o’clock. “Louis XV” hands. 31 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with turned cylindrical baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, micrometric potence adjustment, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, continental cock, silver regulation disc. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Property of an Swiss collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
