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US$2,000-3,000
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AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION FROM A FAMILY TRUST
FRES VEIGNEUR. A GOLD AND ENAMEL BASKET-FORM VERGE WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL
SIGNED FRES VEIGNEUR A GENEVE, MOVEMENT NO. 4587, CIRCA 1820
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FRES VEIGNEUR. A GOLD AND ENAMEL BASKET-FORM VERGE WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL
Signed Fres Veigneur a Geneve, Movement No. 4587, circa 1820
With hinged gilt brass verge movement, chain fusée, three arm balance, pierced and engraved cock, Egyptian pillars, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, pierced diamond-set hands, revealed under a later hinged pink gold top depicting three raised and sculpted white enamel birds in a nest with green enamel foliate borders, the case and base with latticed gold to a red guilloché enamel ground, to a woven gold handle, dial and movement signed
Overall height 37 mm.
Signed Fres Veigneur a Geneve, Movement No. 4587, circa 1820
With hinged gilt brass verge movement, chain fusée, three arm balance, pierced and engraved cock, Egyptian pillars, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, pierced diamond-set hands, revealed under a later hinged pink gold top depicting three raised and sculpted white enamel birds in a nest with green enamel foliate borders, the case and base with latticed gold to a red guilloché enamel ground, to a woven gold handle, dial and movement signed
Overall height 37 mm.