91st Auction
2015/5/16
Lot 583
Ds. Humbert Droz, Paris, Movement No. 1850, Case No. 26177, 47 mm, 77 g, circa 1815
A rare verge pocket watch with date and enamel medallions "Leda with the Swan and Hercules"
Case: 18k pink gold, polished, case maker's punch mark "IHR". Dial: silver, engine-turned, eccentric hour dial with Arabic numerals at "6", eccentric dial for date at "12", two oval enamel medallions at "3" and "9" depicting Hercules and Leda with the Swan; gold hands. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, signed, gilt, chain/fusee, solid movement pillars, three-arm steel balance, engraved and pierced balance bridge.
A rare verge pocket watch with date and enamel medallions "Leda with the Swan and Hercules"
Case: 18k pink gold, polished, case maker's punch mark "IHR". Dial: silver, engine-turned, eccentric hour dial with Arabic numerals at "6", eccentric dial for date at "12", two oval enamel medallions at "3" and "9" depicting Hercules and Leda with the Swan; gold hands. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, signed, gilt, chain/fusee, solid movement pillars, three-arm steel balance, engraved and pierced balance bridge.
Sold
estimated
2.600—3.500 €
Price realized
3.700 €