Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
A gold, enamel and diamond-set keyless cylinder watch with matching chatelaine Circa 1870, no. 21739
Auction Closed
May 14, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Charles Oudin, Palais Royal
A gold, enamel and diamond-set keyless cylinder watch with matching chatelaine
Circa 1870, no. 21739
• Movement: frosted gilded bar with wolf's tooth winding, cylinder escapement, fusee and chain, flat three-arm balance, signed Ch. Oudin, Palais Royal
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with red Arabic numerals, filigree hands
• Case: gold, the back polychrome enamel painted with a pastoral scene depicting a young lady and man with a sheep at their feet and a dog beside a basket of flowers, front and back with rose-cut diamond-set bezels, pendant with French control mark, polished gold cuvette centred with engraved monogram and signed to the perimeter Charles Oudin, Her de la Marine, Palais Royal 52, no. 21739, Medailles de 1806 a 1867
• Chatelaine: matching gold chatelaine of green, pink and yellow gold, diamond-set palmette and pearl-set shell, two pendant chains set with diamonds and pearls, the pendant hook's panel with a young lady and her two children in a landscape setting, surrounded by a diamond-set border, gilt-metal pendant hook
diameter 30mm, chatelaine length 80mm