182,250 CHF
Marks & Co. Ltd., Bombay and Poona, No. 1027, Swiss, circa 1910. Magnificent 18 ct gold, enamel and diamond set hunter cased minute-repeating keyless watch with independent split seconds chronograph, flyback 1/5th seconds and 30 minutes recording. By Ferrero, four body, the covers with foliage engraved borders, (very small and well repaired chip),dial side with elaborate floral rosette motif set in old cut diamonds on scarlet guilloche ground within green enamel scroll border, the back with similar and slightly smaller floral rosette centred with a large old cut diamond. Hinged glazed cuvette. Notes These somptuous type of cases especially designed for the Indian Market, were usually created by Ferrero in Geneva and by Barbezat-Bôle in La Chaux-de-Fonds. A similar watch is published in "La Montre Suisse", plate 137.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1993-04-25
