Swiss 22K gold and enamel open faced verge watch Circa 1760
- Kenmerk
- TD0539
- Diameter
- 41 mm
- Estimate
- € 2.000 - 4.000
- Price sold
- € 1.850
Gold and enamel verge watch
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A small and decorative Swiss gold and enamel triple-cased verge pocket watch, circa 1760. A brass transport case covered with tortoiseshell and decorated with studs, 22 carat two-coloured gold outer case, the reverse with a painted on enamel portrait of a lady in a paste set frame, paste-set highlights in silver mountings on a translucent cobalt blue enamel border, the band engraved with a repeated pattern, paste-set front bezel, the inner case is also 22 carat gold. White enamel dial with roman hours and Arabic five-minute numerals. Full plate movement, chain and fusee, three-arm brass balance.
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A small and decorative Swiss gold and enamel triple-cased verge pocket watch, circa 1760. A brass transport case covered with tortoiseshell and decorated with studs, 22 carat two-coloured gold outer case, the reverse with a painted on enamel portrait of a lady in a paste set frame, paste-set highlights in silver mountings on a translucent cobalt blue enamel border, the band engraved with a repeated pattern, paste-set front bezel, the inner case is also 22 carat gold. White enamel dial with roman hours and Arabic five-minute numerals. Full plate movement, chain and fusee, three-arm brass balance.
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Diameter: 41 mm
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Weight: 73 g
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Signed: Abraham Colomby Geneva
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A very similar gold and enamel verge pocket watch by Abraham Colomby is in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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Weight: 73 g
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Signed: Abraham Colomby Geneva
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A very similar gold and enamel verge pocket watch by Abraham Colomby is in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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Abraham Colomby (or Collomb, Colombi and Colomb) was a Swiss watchmaker and retailer who came from a famous watchmaking family in Geneva. He was born in 1702 as the son of watchmaker Jean Pierre Collomb (1659-1738) and Jeanne Mussard (1657-1726), the daughter of master goldsmith Jean le Jeune Mussard. Abraham Colomby died in Geneva in 1776.
Abraham Colomby (or Collomb, Colombi and Colomb) was a Swiss watchmaker and retailer who came from a famous watchmaking family in Geneva. He was born in 1702 as the son of watchmaker Jean Pierre Collomb (1659-1738) and Jeanne Mussard (1657-1726), the daughter of master goldsmith Jean le Jeune Mussard. Abraham Colomby died in Geneva in 1776.
Signed: Abraham Colomby
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