Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

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Tavannes Watch Co.

A gold and enamel open-faced keyless lever watch Circa 1910, no. 944809

Auction Closed

May 14, 02:23 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Tavannes Watch Co.


A gold and enamel open-faced keyless lever watch

Circa 1910, no. 944809


• Movement: 12.5''' unsigned damascened nickel movement, lever escapement, compensation balance

• Dial: silvered chapter ring with Breguet numerals, gilded engine-turned dial centre and subsidiary seconds, outer gilded ring, blued steel hands, signed Tavannes Watch Co.

• Case: 18ct gold and enamel, the back with polychrome enamel painted scene depicting a view of Constantinople with Seraglio Point and the Topkapi Palace across the Golden Horn, the sky against graduated semi-translucent enamel over ray-form engine-turning, framed by a border of gold scrolls and translucent blue enamel, the front bezel decorated en suite and with pale translucent enamel over ray-form engine-turning, fluted band, gold pendant, gilt bow, case backnumbered 944809, case enamel with restoration, 

• Accompaniments: with a navy blue Moroccan leather fitted box with impressed decorative gold tooling 


diameter 46mm

R. Chadwick, A Voyage Through Time, London: Unicorn, 2020, p. 170-171.