12,980 CHF
“CUPID AND PSYCHE” Omega, No. 1840957, case No. 3621300, Ref. 743.11. Sold on March 6, 1906. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold and enamel lady’s pendant watch with a painted on enamel scene of Cupid and Psyche. Accompanied by the original fitted box and a gold chain with pearl and opal-set slide. This watch is sold with Certificate of Authenticity and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Four-body, bassine, bezel with white enamel and gold floral decoration, band with chased dot and floral leaf decoration, back with painted on enamel scene of Cupid preparing to pierce the heart of sleeping Psyche amid a wooded lake setting, the whole scene surrounded by a gold frame and cast with a band of green ribbon and gold flowers in high relief against a white enamel ground. White enamel with black Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions and outermost black Arabic five minute markers, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold “Louis XV” hands. Cal. 11’’’ LOB, frosted gilt, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, bimetallic cut compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm. Property of a German Collector Notes Cal. 11’’’ LOB L = Lépine; O = Omega caliber; B = B quality, 15-17 jewels, 4 chatons, adjusted to less than one minute per day. Cupid and Psyche Psyche was so admired for her beauty that she provoked the jealousy of Venus, who asked her son Cupid to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest of men. Eros, however, was so struck by Psyche
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-04-15
