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Cloisonne Dial - Caravelle Eska Watch Co. , Swiss, case N°46853
Vente aux enchères - Antiquorum N°222 - 14 novembre 2009 - Lot N°347
Cloisonne Dial - Caravelle Eska Watch Co. , Swiss, case N°46853Enchère
Vente aux enchères
Antiquorum N°222
14 novembre 2009
Lot N°347
Cloisonne Dial - Caravelle Eska Watch Co. , Swiss, case N°46853. Made circa 1955. Fine and rare, large, square, center-seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with cloisonné enamel dial depicting a galleon in full sail.
- USD8 000 - 12 000
- EUR5 500 - 8 000
- CHF8 000 - 12 000
- CHF 37 200
C. Two-body, by Ponti Gennari, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, fancy fluted lugs. D. Particularly heavy, polychrome cloisonné enamel on gold with counter enamel, N°, by Marguerite Koch, ordered from Stern Freres based on designs for square or round dials from 1950, depicting a galleon at sea, possibly representing Christopher Columbus’s Santa Maria, applied yellow gold pyramidal hour indexes and faceted baton quarterhour indexes. Yellow gold dauphine hands. M. 12’’’, copper-colored, within a metal ring, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating blued steel flat balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator. Case and movement signed. Dial marked by the artist on the reverse, under the counter enamel. Diam. 31. 5 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
