Fine, rare Swiss gold hexagonal pendant watch Circa 1910
- Kenmerk
- SB0510
- Diameter
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- Estimate
- € 10.000 - 20.000
- Price sold
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Gold, enamel, ruby and diamond set lever with neoclassical motif by Longines
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A fine and rare Swiss 18 carat gold, enamel, ruby and diamond set hexagonal pendant watch with neoclassical motif, circa 1910. Cal. 10.85, manual winding circular gilt lever movement. Silvered dial with Breguet numerals. Guilloché hexagonal case with translucent blue-gray enamel overlay, rose cut diamonds surrounding the dial, the band set with calibré cut rubies, cabochon ruby set crown, the reverse centered by a neoclassical lady against a green enamel background, encircled by rose cut diamonds, completed by a diamond set pendant fitting. Dial and movement signed, case numbered and stamped with the maker’s mark ‘JV’ (Joseph Vergely) within a lozenge.
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Length: 31 mm (crown not included)
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Signed: Longines
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Longines confirms production of this watch and sale to Hauser-Zivy, the firm’s Paris branch, on June 15th, 1910. The archives record that the case was produced in France under the Longines license. Joseph Vergely, the casemaker for this watch, made his name at Cartier by exhibiting a special talent for the creation of watches in charming novelty forms, such as coin watches and the present watch. He was well regarded among his peers, known as ‘Père Vergely’ and collaborating closely with his colleague Edmond Jaeger.
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It is interesting to note the similarity between the present watch by Longines and a published example by Cartier. A strikingly similar watch, hexagonal in form with blue enamel over engine turning, diamond set bezel and calibré cut ruby set band, made by Jaeger and Lavabre for Cartier in 1908, is illustrated in Nadelhoffer, H., Cartier, p. 293, pl. 353-4. A discussion of Joseph Vergely can be found in the same text, p. 292. Bearing in mind Vergely’s renown in Paris, and his close work with Jaeger, one can easily conclude that both watches were created in the same workshop.
A fine and rare Swiss 18 carat gold, enamel, ruby and diamond set hexagonal pendant watch with neoclassical motif, circa 1910. Cal. 10.85, manual winding circular gilt lever movement. Silvered dial with Breguet numerals. Guilloché hexagonal case with translucent blue-gray enamel overlay, rose cut diamonds surrounding the dial, the band set with calibré cut rubies, cabochon ruby set crown, the reverse centered by a neoclassical lady against a green enamel background, encircled by rose cut diamonds, completed by a diamond set pendant fitting. Dial and movement signed, case numbered and stamped with the maker’s mark ‘JV’ (Joseph Vergely) within a lozenge.
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Length: 31 mm (crown not included)
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Signed: Longines
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Longines confirms production of this watch and sale to Hauser-Zivy, the firm’s Paris branch, on June 15th, 1910. The archives record that the case was produced in France under the Longines license. Joseph Vergely, the casemaker for this watch, made his name at Cartier by exhibiting a special talent for the creation of watches in charming novelty forms, such as coin watches and the present watch. He was well regarded among his peers, known as ‘Père Vergely’ and collaborating closely with his colleague Edmond Jaeger.
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It is interesting to note the similarity between the present watch by Longines and a published example by Cartier. A strikingly similar watch, hexagonal in form with blue enamel over engine turning, diamond set bezel and calibré cut ruby set band, made by Jaeger and Lavabre for Cartier in 1908, is illustrated in Nadelhoffer, H., Cartier, p. 293, pl. 353-4. A discussion of Joseph Vergely can be found in the same text, p. 292. Bearing in mind Vergely’s renown in Paris, and his close work with Jaeger, one can easily conclude that both watches were created in the same workshop.
Signed: Longines
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