Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks · 27 June 2009

Mirror Image Pair - Farewell to the Beloved Swiss, Geneva, movement Nos. 1829 & 1830

Mirror Image Pair - Farewell to the Beloved Swiss, Geneva, movement Nos. 1829 & 1830, the case of the left-hand watch (A), No. 5219, the right-hand watch (B) No. 5220. Made for the Chinese market circa 1830, and attributed to the Frères Oltramare. Extremely fine and very rare, mirror-image pair of 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set center seconds, musical, quarterrepeating pocket watches playing music on the hour or at will.

Lot

Antiquorum, June 2009

Hammer result

HKD 1,800,000

about $232,261 at today's rate

Beat the high estimate by 50%
Low estimate HKD 900,000
High estimate HKD 1,200,000
In USD $116,131 to $154,841

The lot

Auction house

Antiquorum

Sale

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks

Date

27 June 2009

Lot number

379

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