SARCAR, GENEVA: TWO GOLD POCKET WATCHES COMMEMORATING THE SHAH OF IRAN'S CORONATION, CIRCA 1967 both with manual wind 17 jewel movements signed Sarcar, the gilt satin dials with the Shah's emblem and applied baton indexes and baton hands, the medallion form cases with broad bezel decorated with burnished stars on a frosted ground, milled edges, Swiss 18 carat gold marks, one with dial signed Sarcar, the reverse stamped with a scene from the coronation ceremony of the Empress kneeling before the Shah, with black tassel, black slip-case and its black box, the other with conjoined profiles of the Shah and the Empress Farah Diba to the reverse and with black tassel, black slip case and its fitted blue box, both boxes gilt stamped with the Shah's emblem 3.1cm diameter A number of variants of these medallion form watches, all with the same bezel but differing backs, appear to have been produced as gifts from the Shah. For examples signed to dial and movement 'Vacheron & Constantin' see Sotheby's, Geneva, 10 November 2015, lot 153, and Phillips, Geneva, 12 November 2016, lot 83.
Sold for £6,000
SARCAR, GENEVA: TWO GOLD POCKET WATCHES COMMEMORATING THE SHAH OF IRAN'S CORONATION, CIRCA 1967 both with manual wind 17 jewel movements signed Sarcar, the gilt satin dials with the Shah's emblem and applied baton indexes and baton hands, the medallion form cases with broad bezel decorated with burnished stars on a frosted ground, milled edges, Swiss 18 carat gold marks, one with dial signed Sarcar, the reverse stamped with a scene from the coronation ceremony of the Empress kneeling before the Shah, with black tassel, black slip-case and its black box, the other with conjoined profiles of the Shah and the Empress Farah Diba to the reverse and with black tassel, black slip case and its fitted blue box, both boxes gilt stamped with the Shah's emblem 3.1cm diameter A number of variants of these medallion form watches, all with the same bezel but differing backs, appear to have been produced as gifts from the Shah. For examples signed to dial and movement 'Vacheron & Constantin' see Sotheby's, Geneva, 10 November 2015, lot 153, and Phillips, Geneva, 12 November 2016, lot 83.
Auction: European and Asian Works of Art, 7th Jun, 2018