SWISS A GOLD AND ENAMEL DOUBLE DIALLED ASTRONOMICAL WORLD TIME WATCH WITH 24 WORLD LOCATIONS AND THEIR LATITUDE, CALENDAR AND MOON PHASES CIRCA 1790 [ 瑞士製黃金畫琺瑯雙錶盤世界時間天文懷錶,備24個地方時間及緯度、日曆及月相顯示,年份約1790]

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Lot №: 5749
Estimate: $22,324 - 33,486
12 November 2020
Sold price
$36,567

Description

Swiss


A GOLD AND ENAMEL DOUBLE DIALLED ASTRONOMICAL WORLD TIME WATCH WITH 24 WORLD LOCATIONS AND THEIR LATITUDE, CALENDAR AND MOON PHASES 

CIRCA 1790

[ 瑞士製黃金畫琺瑯雙錶盤世界時間天文懷錶,備24個地方時間及緯度、日曆及月相顯示,年份約1790]


Movement: unsigned gilded, verge escapement, plain cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain

Dials: front - white enamel with black Roman numerals for 24-hours running twice from I-XII, outer minutes, inner rings calibrated for month with corresponding polychrome enamel painted signs of the zodiac, inner date ring, central blue enamel roundel for moon phases heightened with gold stars, winding aperture at 3 • Second - white enamel, blue chapter ring with Arabic numerals for 24-hours running twice from 1-12, the centre with large gold disc in the form of a blazing sun with 24 points each engraved with a world location and its corresponding point of latitude North or South

Case: gold case, bezels engraved with foliage, pendant stamped 18k and numbered 9260 with initials ILR and with F in a square cartouche


diameter 56mm


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