Lot Essay
US$3,000-5,000
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AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION FROM A FAMILY TRUST
THE BLUE SCARAB
SWISS. A GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SCARAB-FORM WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1890
Details
SWISS. A GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SCARAB-FORM WATCH WITH CONCEALED DIAL
Unsigned, circa 1890
With circular gilt-finished cylinder movement, three arm balance, ruby endstone, the white enamel dial with red and blue Arabic numerals, blued steel spade hands, concealed beneath hinged diamond-set blue guilloché enamel wings of a realistically engraved scarab-form case, with ruby-set eyes to the diamond-set thorax, accompanied by an associated gold and blue enamel ribbon brooch, unsigned
Overall length 83 mm.
Unsigned, circa 1890
With circular gilt-finished cylinder movement, three arm balance, ruby endstone, the white enamel dial with red and blue Arabic numerals, blued steel spade hands, concealed beneath hinged diamond-set blue guilloché enamel wings of a realistically engraved scarab-form case, with ruby-set eyes to the diamond-set thorax, accompanied by an associated gold and blue enamel ribbon brooch, unsigned
Overall length 83 mm.