A. GOLAY LERESCHE À GENÈVE | A LADY'S GOLD AND ENAMEL HALF HUNTING CASED WATCH WITH PORTRAIT BUST AND ENAMEL FOB CIRCA 1890, NO. 18265

A. GOLAY LERESCHE À GENÈVE

A LADY'S GOLD AND ENAMEL HALF HUNTING CASED WATCH WITH PORTRAIT BUST AND ENAMEL FOB
CIRCA 1890, NO. 18265

• Movement: nickel lever movement, compensation balance
• Dial: white enamel with Arabic hourly numerals in round lozenges, subsidiary seconds at 6
• Case: gold engine turned case with blue enamel Roman chapter and red foliate border, the reverse with enamel bust of a crowned lady within red foliate border, cuvette signed Golay Leresche Genève, 2 Rue de la Paix Paris, No. 18265, with matching short red enamel chain and ball fob

diameter 28mm

Condition Report:
Case: some losses to the enamel to the front and the Roman chapter, some more obvious losses to the decoration to the back border and the portrait bust. Glass is lacking.
Dial: broken hour hand, dial is free from visible cracks
Movement: running at the time of cataloguing

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Provenance:
L.A. Mayer Memorial Institute, Jerusalem, inventory no. 530