DESCRIPTION:
EPW - Alliez, Bachelard & Terond, Genève, gold and enamel verge fusee, 48mm, 18K original OF scalloped consular case with black and white champleve enamel floral swirls to back, bezel, pendant and bow, case front is spring loaded and released by push on pendant, KWKS, engine turned silver dial with applied 2/3 color grape leaf border, dial also with winding aperture at 2, verge escapement, gilt mvt, pierced and foliate scrolled two-footed balance bridge, s#56176, ca 1810 per consignor's notes. Gross weight of assembled watch 35.2 dwt (54.7 g).
CONDITION:
Mvt: Ticking sluggishly with low amplitude and stopping intermittently, OH needed, excellent mvt condition overall, good gilt tone, some typical surface MFS, few small FS near plate pins; dial with some MFS in hour chapter, slight rippling to surface contour around center and adjacent to winding aperture; fair blued steel hands, hour hand with MFS striations from sanding, minute hand with areas of oxide; case shows little wear, enameling largely intact with small areas of loss that have been retouched that are primarily at the perimeters, typical MFS and mild FS to enamel surfaces, no dents or dings; bow pivots freely, push shows light wear; good bull's-eye glass crystal.
ESTIMATE:
$900
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$1500
PRICE SOLD:
$1100
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