10,000 HKD
GOLDEN HERON Swiss, unsigned, in a French case. Made circa 1880. Fine and unusual, keyless, 18k gold and blue enamel fob watch. To be sold without reserve Four-body, solid, pierced and engraved hinged case back with foliate decoration to a central heron bird defensively poised, the pierced sections revealing an engine-turned translucent royal blue enamel cuvette underneath, plain band with decorated bezel. Gold cuvette. Off-white enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer dots, inner gilt fl eur-de-lis pattern. Gold Louis XIV hands. 10’’’, gilt, captive barrel, 15 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 24 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-10-23