Lot Essay
A similar piece is illustrated in Montres genevoises du XIXe siècle by Richard Hugues Rod, Fabienne Xavière Sturm, Anne Winter-Jensen on p. 17, pl. 17.
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1850
Details
Anon. An 18 carat gold and paste-set oval-shaped ring watch with exposed balance, now converted into a brooch watch
Unsigned, circa 1850
With gilt finished cylinder movement, the small eccentric white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and blued steel moon-style hands, the paste-set balance with curved paste-set arms exposed through an aperture to the top, the oval-shaped case with paste-set bezel, a later added brooch pin to the reverse, unsigned
35 mm. long
Unsigned, circa 1850
With gilt finished cylinder movement, the small eccentric white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and blued steel moon-style hands, the paste-set balance with curved paste-set arms exposed through an aperture to the top, the oval-shaped case with paste-set bezel, a later added brooch pin to the reverse, unsigned
35 mm. long