NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER)
0.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2002 Nov 18 @ 06:00UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
J.F. BAUTTE & CIE.
GENEVE
NO. 48200
MANUFACTURED CIRCA 1840
A FINE GOLD AND
ENAMEL HUNTER-CASED
QUARTER-REPEATING WATCH
GILT CYLINDER MOVEMENT, PLAIN THREE-ARM BALANCE, BIMETALLIC COMPENSATION CURB AND PARACHUTE SHOCK-RESIST SYSTEM, POLISHED STEEL HAMMERS, PLUNGE QUARTER-TURN REPEAT, GOLD CUVETTE, SILVERED ENGINE-TURNED DIAL, SATIN-FINISHED CHAPTER RING, BLACK ROMAN NUMERALS, THE CASE, BAND, BOW AND PENDANT OVERALL WITH FLORAL MOTIFS HEIGHTENED WITH BLACK ENAMEL, THE BACK CENTERED BY INITIALS, THE FRONT CENTERED BY VARI-COLOR COAT-OF-ARMS
SIGNED ON CUVETTE, NUMBERED ON CUVETTE
AND CASE
DIAMETER 51 MM
CHF 10,000-15,000
$ 7,000-10,000
THE COAT-OF-ARMS ON THIS WATCH ARE THose OF CARL LUDWIG COUNT GRÜNNE
(1808 - 1840), GODSON OF ARCHDUKE CARL OF AUSTRIA.
GRÜNNE WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVISOR
IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS TO
THE YOUNG EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH, BUT ALSO A CLOSE FRIEND TO THE EMPRESS ELISABETH, KNOWN AS SISI.
A RICH CORRESPONDENCE, MANY PAINTINGS AND THE PRESERVED FAMILY ARCHIVE ARE PROOF OF COUNT GRÜNNE'S CONTINuOUS RELATIONSHIP with THE EMPEROR AND HIS WIFE.
Auction Location:
Switzerland
Previewing Details:
Second half of sale (from lot 153) starts at 6pm
Viewing at Hotel des Bergues
Friday November 15 -
Monday November 18
Viewing in New York
Tuesday October 22 –
Sunday October 27
3 West 57 Street
* This sale will be conducted in Swiss Francs: estimates are provided in both US Dollars and Swiss Francs
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