105th Auction
2021/11/13
Lot 298
Grisel et filsTir Fédéral
A small decorative gold enamel pocket watch for shooting contest Tir Fédéral de Neuchâtel 1898
estimated
1.500—2.500 €
Price realized
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specific features
Case
18 K gold, reverse side polychrome enamelled.
Dial
Enamel, translucid, engine-turned.
Movement
Bridge movement LeCoultre, three-arm ring balance.
Case no.28243
Cal.LeCoultre
Diam.29 mm
Circa1898
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.23 g
A charming shooters watch made for the shooters queen of the Neuchatel shooting contest in 1898. The back shows in the finest, polychrome enamel painting, framed by a wreath of oak leaves, the city arms of Neuchatel in front of the Swiss cross with carbine. Finely crafted, the translucent polychrome enameled dial shimmers.