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Continental

A gold, enamel, and pearl-set watch, Circa 1800

Auction Closed

June 5, 07:33 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Dial: white enamel, gilt Breguet numerals

Movement: gilt cylinder movement, wolf's tooth winding, Lepine caliber, three arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator

Movement number: No. 127

Case: gold case, the case back dressed in polychrome enamel en plein depicting cupids above a blue enameled love urn, with a weeping willow recessed over black ground, heightened by white enamel florals with a lute, dove, and quiver, bezels set with split pearls enhanced by blue and white enamel stringing, the gilt-metal cuvette engraved with winding details, and Heron Palaise Egalite no. 171

Size: 53 mm diameter

Signed: numbered cuvette

Box: no

Papers: no