15,525 CHF
“The Polo Players” Swiss, No. 10384. Made for M.J. Pack, Bombay & Paris, for the Indian market, circa 1900. Fine, minute repeating, astronomic, 18K frosted gold, painted on enamel and rose diamond-set hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with triple date, moon phases, chronograph and a fine 18K gold fancy-link chain. Four-body, “bassine”, frosted, the front cover with a fine painted on enamel portrait of a polo player within a horse-shoe set with eight rose-cut diamonds, the back cover decorated with a finely painted on enamel scene of two polo players on their horses, rose diamond “ball”, engraved leaves and fence below set with eight rose-cut diamonds. Hinged gold cuvette inscribed with the technical details. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric fifths of a second track calibrated to 300, subsidiary seconds, day of the week and date dials, apertures for the months and moon phases. Gold “Louis XV” hands. Notes The present lot was previously sold by Antiquorum Geneva, on June 20, 1998, lot 126
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-11-13
