60,000 HKD
Art Deco Faux Malachite Mido, Swiss, case No. 156692. Made circa 1920. Very fine and elegant, Art Deco, 18K gold and enamel keyless dress watch. To be sold without reserve Three-body, back cover decorated with enamel in imitation of malachite, the center with a gold checkerboard pattern, outer border with gold block design, bezel and bow decorated to match, winding crown set with a cabochon black onyx. Brushed silver with green champleve enamel cubiste numerals, green outer minute track and subsidiary seconds. Black cubiste hands. 16’’’, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-27
