Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces · 26 January 2013

Farewell TO the Beloved Gold Pocket Watch Farewell to the Beloved, Swiss, Geneva, movement No

FAREWELL TO THE BELOVED GOLD POCKET WATCH Farewell to the Beloved, Swiss, Geneva, movement No. 1830, No. 5220. Made for the Chinese market circa 1830, and attributed to the Frères Oltramare. Extremely fine and very rare, and painted on enamel, pearl-set center seconds, musical, quarterrepeating pocket watches playing music on the hour or at will. To be sold without reserve

Lot

Antiquorum, January 2013

Hammer result

HKD 524,000

about $67,582 at today's rate

Beat the high estimate by 25%
Low estimate HKD 250,000
High estimate HKD 420,000
In USD $32,244 to $54,169

The lot

Auction house

Antiquorum

Sale

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Date

26 January 2013

Lot number

254

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