4,625 CHF
FRITZ PIGUET - BOUQUET OF PINK ROSES Fritz Piguet, Genève, No. 1137. Made circa 1880. Very fine and elegant, 18K gold and painted on enamel, half-hunting cased keyless lady’s pendant watch. Five-body, “bassine et fi let”, foliate engraved band, the front cover with an opalescent guilloche enamel chapter ring with radial blue Roman numerals, petal-form border with blue fl owers and black enamel outline, foliate engraved border, the back decorated en suite with a bouquet of pink roses on an opalescent ground. Hinged gold-rimmed glazed cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold double spade hands. 28 mm., frosted gilt, bar caliber, 17 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Notes Fritz Piguet The company specialized in superbly adjusted watches and supplied ebauches to most of the major watchmakers during the middle of the 19th century, including Patek Philippe. They worked at Rue Bonnivard 10, Geneva.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-05-13
