24th May, 2011 10:00

Decorative Works of Art

 
Lot 198
 

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A SWISS GOLD SLIM HUNTING CASED KEYLESS POCKET WATCH

A SWISS GOLD SLIM HUNTING CASED KEYLESS POCKET WATCH, CIRCA 1920 four-body case, demi-bassine, enigine-turned "grains d'orge", the cover with central engraved coronet, hinged cuvette, gilt engine-turned dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, blued steel spade hands, matte gilt movement, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, case 14 carat 4.8cm diameter Provenance: Prince Michael Soutsos (1841-1933), scholar and head of the princely Phanariote family and thence by family descent.

Sold for £400


 
A SWISS GOLD SLIM HUNTING CASED KEYLESS POCKET WATCH, CIRCA 1920 four-body case, demi-bassine, enigine-turned "grains d'orge", the cover with central engraved coronet, hinged cuvette, gilt engine-turned dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, blued steel spade hands, matte gilt movement, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, case 14 carat 4.8cm diameter Provenance: Prince Michael Soutsos (1841-1933), scholar and head of the princely Phanariote family and thence by family descent.