1,271,250 CHF
“Nizam of Hyderabad” - Watch with 7 Complications Attributed to Henri Grandjean & Cie, (Le Lode), Swiss, No. 1011. Made for Marcks & Co. Ltd, Bombay & Poona, circa 1900, sold to the Sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan (reigned 1869 –1911). Exceptionally fine, important and magnificent, astronomic minute-repeating heavy 18K yellow gold and pavé diamond-set (approx 75 cts) hunting-cased pocket watch with perpetual calendar, chronograph and moon phases. Accompanied by the magnificent original Marcks & Co. Ltd. 20K yellow gold chain set with seventy-nine old European and old mine-cut diamonds, the largest weighing approx. 14.50 ct., total weight approx. 80 ct. The watch case and chain have a total of 1269 round diamonds, having a total weight of approx 155 ct. Four-body, “bassine”, the band, pendant, bow, crown and covers entirely set with old European, old mine-cut and and rose-cut diamonds (approx. 1150 diamonds), each cover set with a larger central diamond. Hinged gold cuvette and gold-rimmed glazed cover to view the movement. Gold, frosted silvered gold with red champlevé enamel radial Roman numerals intersected by rose-cut diamond set flowerheads (40 diamonds), outer minute track with concentric fifths of a second track, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, date, day of the week, months and leap-year, aperture for the moon phases. Black steel “spade” hands. 44 mm., 20’’’, frosted gilt, 36 jewels, calibrated and counterpoised strai
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-11-13
