2,125 CHF
GUEX WATCH PAINTED ON ENAMEL GOLD & DIAMOND Guex à Paris, No. 10599. Made circa 1790. Fine and rare, gold, painted on enamel and rose-cut diamond-set pocket watch. Two-body, "Directoire", the bezel set with rose-cut diamonds within a chased gold border, the back decorated with translucent royal blue enamel decorated with a painted scene of a landscape with a dog and two doves, gold paillon urn in the center, applied diamond-set highlights and border. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track with Arabic five-minute numerals. Rose-cut diamond-set hands. 39 mm., matte gilt full plate, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and chased continental cock with polished steel endplate, silvered regulation dial. Notes Dial and movement signed. DIAM. 45 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-05-10
