51,750 CHF
Not signed, Swiss, made for the Indian Market, circa 1900. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, diamond-set hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with triple digital calendar and carillon on three gongs. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", the enamel caver panel with a fine painted hunting scene of a tiger hunting mishap, outer diamond inlaid blue champlevé enamel decoration and engraved border, the back painted with a panoply of hunting trophies over a brown enamel ground, champlevé enamelled border decoration matching that of the cover. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Roman numerals, sunk subsidiary seconds an aperture for day of the week, date and month. Blued steel "spade" bands. Notes Similar watches are illustrated by E. Jaquet et A. Chapuis in Histoire et Technique de la Montre Suisse, 1945, plate 139.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1995-10-21
