12,075 CHF
The Bee and the RoseAch. H. Benoit, Geneva, circa 1860.Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel diamond-set key-wound form watch in the shape of a rose, with original matching gold key. Four-body, realistically modelled and repoussé with chiselled and engraved petals, an enamel and diamond-set bee sitting on one of the petals, shaped band, gold hinged cuvette. The key decorated with engraved rose leaves. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute divisions. Blued-steel Breguet hands. 18 mm o, gilt brass bar calibre, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain gilt brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 31 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 480-481. Notes Benoit Achille Hubert (1804-1895)watchmaker in Geneva and Versailles (France).'Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois', by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
