Important Swiss watch for the turkish market Circa 1910
- Kenmerk
- SA2329
- Diameter
- 51 mm
- Estimate
- € 15.000 - 30.000
- Price sold
- € 56.000
Rare and important gold and enamel watch made for the turkish market
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A Swiss rare and important gold and enamel hunting cased pocket watch made for the turkish market, circa 1910, gilt lever movement, bimetallic balance, 17 jewels, cam wheel regulator, gold cuvette.
Gilt dial with inscription of retailer’s mark ‘Nacib K. Djesvedjian & Son’, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, back and front with a painted enamel scene surrounded by gold inlaid floral ornament, front representing the Dolmabahçe Palace with sunrise behind in translucent enamel, reverse with a swann and bouquet of flowers on the forefront and a view of a Mosque on the background, case, dial and movement signed.
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A Swiss rare and important gold and enamel hunting cased pocket watch made for the turkish market, circa 1910, gilt lever movement, bimetallic balance, 17 jewels, cam wheel regulator, gold cuvette.
Gilt dial with inscription of retailer’s mark ‘Nacib K. Djesvedjian & Son’, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, back and front with a painted enamel scene surrounded by gold inlaid floral ornament, front representing the Dolmabahçe Palace with sunrise behind in translucent enamel, reverse with a swann and bouquet of flowers on the forefront and a view of a Mosque on the background, case, dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Signed: Longines
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The Dolmabahçe Palace was home to six sultans from 1856, when it was first inhabited, up until the abolition of the Caliphate in 1924. The last royal to live here was Caliph Abdülmecid Efendi.
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Signed: Longines
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The Dolmabahçe Palace was home to six sultans from 1856, when it was first inhabited, up until the abolition of the Caliphate in 1924. The last royal to live here was Caliph Abdülmecid Efendi.
A law that went into effect on March 3, 1924 transferred the ownership of the palace to the national heritage of the new Turkish Republic. Atatürk spent the last days of his life in this palace, where he died on November 10, 1938.
Signed: Nacib K. Djesvedjian & Son
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