Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作：西器東傳」

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A GOLD AND ENAMEL TURTLE-FORM WATCH WITH HEART-SHAPED MOVEMENT CIRCA 1885 [瑞士製黃金飾琺瑯海龜造型懷錶備心形機芯，年份約1885]

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November 12, 03:15 PM GMT

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A GOLD AND ENAMEL TURTLE-FORM WATCH WITH HEART-SHAPED MOVEMENT

CIRCA 1885

[瑞士製黃金飾琺瑯海龜造型懷錶備心形機芯，年份約1885]

• Movement: unsigned gilded heart-form, cylinder escapement, flat three-arm balance

• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with Arabic numerals

• Case: gold in the form of a turtle, the animal's back with enamel in imitation of tortoiseshell, the turtle's head, underside and legs chased and engraved in naturalistic manner, ruby-set eyes, pendant ring in the form of a serpent, plain gold polished heart-form cuvette with apertures for winding and hand-setting

length including ring 50mm, max width 30mm

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An almost identical turtle decorated in the same manner can be found at the Patek Philippe Museum (inv. S-763) and is illustrated in P. Friess, The Emergence of the Portable Watch, Patek Philippe Museum, Part IV, p. 452. A further similar watch was offered at Antiquorum Hong Kong, 27 May 1991, lot 99, the latter watch was attributed to J. Friedmann.