12,500 CHF
Swiss – Watch Wth Semi- Concealed Erotic Scene Swiss, signed Breguet, No. 19354. Made circa 1820. Fine and rare, silver pocket watch with semi-concealed painted on enamel erotic portrait. Three-body, Empire, polished bezels, reeded band, glazed back over a finely painted on enamel portrait of a young girl holding two kittens in her chemise, when the back cover is opened the erotic nature of the portrait is revealed. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track with Arabic 15-minute numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. Matte gilt, full plate, turned pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, continental balance cock pierced with letters spelling "Gachard", polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed, movement and case numbered. Diam. 57 mm. Property of an Swiss collector Notes Provenance: Lord Sandberg, his sale, Antiquorum, March 31- April 1, 2001, Lot 134.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
