9,775 CHF
Blondel & Melly a Geneve, No. 18611, circa 1845. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel, diamond-set watch with matching chatelaine and key, in original velvet covered fitted box. Four body with reeded band, the blue enamel back with a rose-cut diamond set decoration in a rosette pattern. Matching enamelled and diamond-set chatelaine. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with technical details. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. 5 1/2-, gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 16 mm. Notes Blondel & Melly Watchmakers and dealers, 15 Quai des Bergues, Geneve. They were specialised in very fine watches, form watches and pearl and gem-set watches between 1820-1850.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-10-31
