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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.