HARRY EMANUEL | A RARE GOLD, ENAMEL, TURQUOISE AND DIAMOND-SET OPEN FACED WATCH WITH MONOCHROMATIC PAINTED DIAL DEPICTING SATAN AND SATANIC EMBLEMSCIRCA 1850, NO. 5001

Movement: gilded ¾ plate lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance • signed Harry Emanuel, Hanover Square, London, 5001Dial: white enamel, monochrome painting depicting Satan in top hat to the centre and the hour markers depicting demons, blued steel hands in the form of devil’s tail and tridentCase: gold, the back centred with diamond-set W H monogram with black enamel and decorative scrolls, set with triangular shaped turquoise, maker’s mark AS for Alfred Stram

Time Museum, Rockford Illinois Sotheby's New York, Fine Watches from the Atwood Collection, 11 December 1986, lot 315

Dial: Overall good condition with no visible chips or scratches. Cover:The black enamel on back is scratched and most of the white enamel on the scrolling has worn off. 4 diamonds missing from monogram. Movement: Not running at time of cataloguing but appears complete.
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The present lot depicts multiple satanic motifs, where the maker has replaced the numerals with figures often associated with death and the Devil. Seen on the present lot are symbols of a vulture, bat, a cauldron, a monkey, a satyr, and a witch, along with depictions of satanic rituals. The pieces surround a central figure in a top hat with a devil's tail and pitchfork, which serve as the hands to tell time.