25,960 HKD
“The Ball” Ch. Moricand a Genève, No. 37032. Made circa 1800. Fine, 18K gold and champlevé enamel ball-form pendant watch. Two-body, spherical, with gold floral decoration on a black ground, pale blue enamel rhomboids forming a band around the upper half, each decorated with a flower, torch or pair of doves, white enamel dot central border, the lower half with gold sunrays and a pale blue panel with white and gold flowers. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gold "spade" hands. 21 mm., hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-plate, silvered regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 25 mm. Notes See: “Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois”, Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-11-25
