3,422 CHF
“Diamond-Set Bangle Watch” Swiss, Geneva, No. 79715. Made circa 1900. Fine and unusual, 18K gold, diamond set “Boule de Genève” type, keyless bangle bracelet-watch, with bezel winding and hand-setting. To be sold without reserve Three-body with glazed back, the bezel set with 18 rose-cut diamonds, the bangle with diamond-set shoulders set with 14 diamonds. Black enamel with silver Arabic numerals, outer dot minute indexes. Gold “spade” hands. 7’’’, gilt brass three-quarter plate with going barrel, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, winding and hand-setting by revolving the bezel. Diam. 22 mm. Property of a Swiss Gentleman
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12