Lot 633
Rare 18K Yellow Gold Pocket 30 Jewel " Ancre Repetition Heures Chronographe – Medaille, Genève" for the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889. Beautiful 18 K Yellow Gold Pocket watch made in Switzerland apparently for the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1889. Features of the pocket watch are engraved on the dust cover in French including serial number 3383, ancre repition and 30 jewels. Full view of the pocket watch's intricate mechanism through crystal under dust cover. The case of the pocket watch is exquisitely engraved with a hunter and hound on one side and a fox crouching on the other, both set in elaborately engraved foliat designs. Pocket watch works when given a slight shake but one must be mindful of over-winding. This is a magnificent 130 year old time piece of a quality long in the past and immensely appealing. Watch face measures 47mm and with case, 57 mm. Marked 18K three times, once inside of both cases and also on the dust cover. We also note as well a small angel holding a bell engraved inside the front case. Overall in excellent condition with only slight smoothness to outside engravings. 139 grams total gross weight. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP
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