Sold for:
23,000 CHF
23,000 CHF
B. Poitevin, Fabricant, 22 rue Vivienne, Paris, No. 48856. Made circa 1900. Very fine, Art Nouveau, keyless, astronomic, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with perpetual calendar and moon phase. Four-body, "bassine", solid, polished and chased with Art Nouveau initials enhanced with ivy decoration, bezel en suite with ivy garlands, gold hinged cuvette engraved with a dedication dated 1903. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the months of the leap-year cycle, the date and the seconds, aperture for the moon phase. Gold "spade" hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-10-16
