99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 394
Wegelin Fils Genève, Movement No. 2020, Case No. 2020, 43 mm, 43 g, circa 1920
A very ornamental and ultra-thin Geneva gold enamel pocket watch in a lavishly ornamented enamel case with flower decoration - produced for the Chinese Market
Case: 18k gold, polychrome enamel, crown set with sapphire cabochon. Dial: gilt. Movm.: bridge movement, Geneva quality hallmark, gold screw compensation balance.
The back and the bezel are elaborately decorated with a polychrome champlevé flower bouquet on black ground, in an imitation of Chinese cloisonné enamel. With high quality movement bearing two Geneva seals.
The Wegelin jewellery and watch shop was opened in 1911 on Rue de Bonne 12 in Grenoble. The sons of the company founder Arnold and Henri took over the business. Henri Wegelin founded a jewelry workshop in Lyon in 1920. Shortly afterwards, a watch shop was opened in Geneva.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Wegelin_Fils,_Gen%C3%A8ve, as of 04/24/2019.
A very ornamental and ultra-thin Geneva gold enamel pocket watch in a lavishly ornamented enamel case with flower decoration - produced for the Chinese Market
Case: 18k gold, polychrome enamel, crown set with sapphire cabochon. Dial: gilt. Movm.: bridge movement, Geneva quality hallmark, gold screw compensation balance.
The back and the bezel are elaborately decorated with a polychrome champlevé flower bouquet on black ground, in an imitation of Chinese cloisonné enamel. With high quality movement bearing two Geneva seals.
The Wegelin jewellery and watch shop was opened in 1911 on Rue de Bonne 12 in Grenoble. The sons of the company founder Arnold and Henri took over the business. Henri Wegelin founded a jewelry workshop in Lyon in 1920. Shortly afterwards, a watch shop was opened in Geneva.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Wegelin_Fils,_Gen%C3%A8ve, as of 04/24/2019.
Sold
estimated
6.000—9.000 €
Price realized
5.500 €