Lot 107

Guex à Paris, 50 mm, 76 g, circa 1780
An exquisite gold enamel verge pocket watch with gold chatelaine studded with pearls and original velvet-lined morocco case
Case: 18k gold, polychrome enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
The exquisitely painted enamel medallion in the centre of the back is of superior quality: A young lady at the altar of love, decorated with gold paillonné on light green ground and framed by a border of half-pearls on front and back. The dial is easy to read and has vertical Roman numerals and delicate Breguet hands. In combination with the corresponding three-part pearl-studded gold chatelaine, this is a wonderful high-value piece of remarkable quality.

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