96th Auction
2017/11/18
Lot 80
Alliez & Berguer à Genève, Case No. 153, 83 x 24 mm, circa 1840
An elegant, diamond-set gold enamel lorgnette with concealed watch
Case: gold and enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, cylinder escapement.
The folded lorgnette is released by a pusher in the band. The case is finely engraved on both sides with scrolled foliage. The front with hinged watch cover overlaid with translucent cobalt blue enamel over engine-turned ground, centered with a diamond-set spray of grain spikes.
Swiss watch manufactory Alliez & Berguer was based in Geneva around 1840. The company produced high quality watches, repeater watches and watches with Lépine-style ruby cylinder movements.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Alliez_%26_Berguer, as of 06/30/2017
An elegant, diamond-set gold enamel lorgnette with concealed watch
Case: gold and enamel. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, cylinder escapement.
The folded lorgnette is released by a pusher in the band. The case is finely engraved on both sides with scrolled foliage. The front with hinged watch cover overlaid with translucent cobalt blue enamel over engine-turned ground, centered with a diamond-set spray of grain spikes.
Swiss watch manufactory Alliez & Berguer was based in Geneva around 1840. The company produced high quality watches, repeater watches and watches with Lépine-style ruby cylinder movements.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Alliez_%26_Berguer, as of 06/30/2017
estimated
12.000—15.000 €
Price realized
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