30,000 CHF
Grande & Petite Sonnerie Clockwatch Wth Concealed Enamel Portrait of the Sixth Nizam of Hyderabad Attributed to Henri Grandjean & Cie. (Le Locle), Swiss, made for P. Orr & Sons, Madras, No. 4201. Made for the Indian Market, circa 1900. Very fine and extremely rare, Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking, heavy, 18K gold and painted on enamel, half-hunting cased, keyless, two-train clockwatch with trip-minute-repeat and concealed painted on enamel portrait of the Sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan (reigned 1869–1911). Four-body, “bassine et filets”, polished, the front cover with blue champlevé enamel radial Roman numerals, inner minute track and glazed aperture. Hinged gold cuvette decorated with a finely painted on enamel portrait of the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad signed “TM”. Heavy solid silver, numbered 4201 on the reverse, narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, engraved with foliage. Blued steel double-spade hands. 19’’’, frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, two-train with tandem winding, jeweled to the center wheel, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking the hours and quarters and repeating on gongs via a trip-slide in the band, strike/silent, quarters/full strike levers in the bezel. Movement signed P. Orr & Sons, Madras. Diam. 54 mm. Notes The Nizams of Hyderabad The seven Nizams of the Asif Jahi dynasty ruled the Deccan for nearly 224 years, r
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-05-15
