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Nouveau cadran de la montre géographique indiquant l'heure qu'il est au même instant dans toutes les parties du monde. Delion inverit

Ephemera

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Charles Oudin. A very fine, rare and attractive 18K gold and enamel note book with concealed watch and pen, the enamel miniatures signed by Prochet Signed Chs Oudin, her de la Marine, Paris, No. 3498 and 18'668, case no. 288, circa 1860

A jewelled and enamelled gold aide-mémoire with concealed timepiece, Geneva, mid 19th century the lid centred with a blue enamel panel applied with rose-cut diamonds floral wreath, opening to reveal a compartment containing a small enamel watch dial the ground engraved with convolvulus and ivy on engine turning, the silk-lined interior containing a tablet holder (one ivory tablet left), a pencil initialled: DPS and the watch key

A SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL and Diamond AIDE-MÉMOIRE WITH concealed WATCH, Circa 1840 | lot | Sotheby's

Form | Aide memoire

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Form | Alarm watch

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Firm of Bautte et Moynier (Swiss, partnership 1826–31). Watch, ca. 1826–31. Swiss, Geneva. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Anonymous Gift, in memory of Lady May Fletcher-Moulton, 1926 (26.267.14) | This work is featured in the “The Luxury of Time: European Clocks and Watches” exhibition, on view through March 27, 2016. #LuxuryofTime

Antique Gold Enameled Zodiac Signs Ball Pendant Watch w/Stand, Astronomy C. 1810

Form | Astrology

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Montre ovale astronomique - Louvre Collections

Form | Astronomical

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A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED MUSICAL GOLD NECESSAIRE SET WITH A WATCH AND AN AUTOMATON

Form | Automaton

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Form | Automaton | Jaquemart

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Form | Barrel

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Swiss early 19th century gold enameled and jeweled with diamonds and seed pearls

c1590 A fine and rare fragment of a Renaissance pendant watch in the shape of a small book. Probably Augsburg, 42 x 52 x 19 mm, circa 1590 Est: €7,500 - €9,500 Passed

Form | Book

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Andrew Dickie, London AN EXCEPTIONAL DOUBLE DIALLED CYLINDER WATCH WITH DAY INDICATION AND RADIAL ANNULAR CALENDAR IN LATER GOLD CASE CIRCA 1760, NO. 2292

Form | Calendar

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Form | Cane handle

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BAUDIN FRERES, CARNET DE BAL, GOLD AND ENAMEL Baudin freres, Genève. Made circa 1850. Fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and rose diamond set silk-lined book-form purse and carnet de bal fitted with a watch and a gold propelling pencil. Sold 10,000 CHF

Jeweled Gold and Enamel Carnet de Bal with Watch Movement

Gold and Enamel Dance Card with Concealed Watch, c.1850. An actual dance card is typically a booklet with a decorative cover, listing dance titles, composers, and the person with whom the woman intended to dance. Typically, it would have a cover indicating the sponsoring organization of the ball and a decorative cord by which it could be attached to a lady's wrist or ball gown.

Form | Carnet de bal

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Form | Carriage

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Form | Cartography

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Watch Place of origin: Vienna, Austria (made) Date: ca.1760 (made) Artist/Maker: Schindler, Philipp Ernst (II) (maker) Materials and Techniques: Gold, enamel

Watch on a chatelaine, by Charles Carbier, English, c. 1720. Chased and engraved; made of gold, silver, sapphires, enamel, glass, and metal alloys. From the Hermitage Museum.

Gold and enamel chatelaine, c. 1770 From the British Museum

Form | Chatelaine

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Form | Chronometer

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clock watch of cast and pierced engraved gilt brass with a silver dial, designed to strike the hours. Decorated back and front with engraved scenes of Abraham preparing to sacrifice Isaac, the dial showing the age of the moon, days of the month and hours. The movement is signed 'T. Chamberlin fecit'.

Form | Clock watch

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Form | Coin

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Montre en forme de croix - Louvre Collections

Montre en forme de croix - Louvre Collections

Form | Cruciform

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Pocket watch This is the 17th-century equivalent of our watch. Made out of ivory, most of these so-called diptych dials were produced in th...

16TH CENTURY GERMAN IVORY BRASS DIPTYCH SUNDIAL German ivory gilt-brass diptych sundial used as an early timekeeper. On the reverse a German lunar volvelle with central brass disc, the disc has crescent moon with face. There are directions in German on how to use the compass.

Diptych Dial

Form | Diptych dial

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Montre de forme "tambour" - Louvre Collections

Montre de forme "tambour" - Louvre Collections

Montre de forme "tambour" - Louvre Collections

Form | Drum

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A GOLD AND ENAMEL TURTLE-FORM WATCH WITH HEART-SHAPED MOVEMENT CIRCA 1885 [瑞士製黃金飾琺瑯海龜造型懷錶備心形機芯，年份約1885] | Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作：西器東傳」 | 2020 | Sotheby's

Form | Enamel

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Young Louis XIV on Horseback, c. 1650, gold and enamel watch.

Watch in the form of a Lesser George Movement by Nicholas Vallin (recorded ca. 1590, died 1603) Date: ca. 1600 Culture: British, London Medium: Case: gold, partly enameled, and rock crystal; Movement: brass and steel, partly blued | Accession Number: 17.190.1475 Made in the shape of an ensign of the English Order of the Garter, the case of this watch depicts Saint George fighting the dragon, and its band is enameled with the motto of the order: HONI.SOIT.QVI/ MAL

Watch made 1600 in the form of a Lesser George by Nicholas Vallin Huguenot Emigre Made in the shape of an ensign of the English Order of the Garter, the case of this watch depicts Saint George fighting the dragon, and its band is enameled with the motto of the order:

Form | Equestrian

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This extraordinary rare Louis XV-period gold and enamel étui are almost certainly the only of its kind ever created. Crafted of 22k gold with hand-painted enamel, it is as exquisite as it is practical. A watch by the celebrated Swiss clockmaker Jean Romilly adorns one end of the cylinder, while the other features a rare date indicator. 18th Century ~ M.S. Rau Antiques

A RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL ETUI WITH CONCEALED WATCH CIRCA 1820

Form | Etui

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Rossel & Fils Lorgnette, yellow gold with blue enamel and diamonds, with watch, circa 1860 .(Image by Pierre EmD CC BY-SA 3.0.)

Form | Eyewear

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