Property from an Erudite Collector
A gold and turquoise-set cylinder watch with short chain and matching turquoise-set key, Attributed to Bautte & Moynier, Circa 1830
Auction Closed
December 6, 09:17 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
• Gilded bar movement with standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, unsigned
• Gold dial with engine-turned center, stippled chapter ring, Roman numerals and outer minute ring set with turquoises, aperture for winding at 3 o’clock, moon hands
• Gold case, the back composed of swirling lobes of pavé-set turquoises, central rosette, pendant and bow further set with turquoises, case maker’s mark MB within a lozenge, numbered 19921
• With a short gold chain and matching, turquoise-set key
No. 19921
Diameter 41.4mm
With fitted leather box
Further examples of decorative watches by Bautte and Moynier can be found at the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva, see: Peter Friess, The Emergence of the Portable Watch, Geneva: Patek Philippe Museum, vol. IV, pp. 374, 376, 377, 378. The movement of the present watch can be compared with that of another watch by Bautte & Moynier illustrated op. cit. p. 377. Bautte & Moynier were the successors to Bautte and Moulinié and was founded in 1826 by Jean-François Bautte and JeanGabriel Moynier. The company was active between 1826 and 1831.