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A fine 18ct gold and enamel miniature desk/boudoir clock, Circa 1929

Auction Closed

December 6, 09:17 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

· nickel finished movement, lever escapement, 15 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, signed Majestic Watch Co.

· silvered dial signed Cartier Breveté, outer minute track, blued steel hands, the hour hand of double-spade form

· 18ct gold case, the front with hinged doors and black champlevé enamel inlay of Art Deco geometric form, white enamel chapter with gold Arabic numerals in reserve surrounding central time aperture, doors opening via a pusher to case top and revealing larger inner chapter ring of blue enamel Roman numerals surrounding the dial, swivel stand to base, signed and numbered European Watch and Clock Co., Made in France, 1310, 9264 and with French eagle’s head assay mark in hexagonal cartouche and rubbed maker’s punch mark


Nos. 1310, 9264

height 41mm

With a fitted Morrocco leather box.

Christie’s Geneva, 17 May 1995, lot 209.