53 - LIEUTAUD IN AIX

LIEUTAUD IN AIX 18K gold (750 parts per thousand) pocket watch, white enamel dial, black-dot minute track with Arabic numeral hour markers, hour indices in black-painted Roman numerals, silver-tone hands set with white gemstones, winding key between the one and two o’clock positions. Silver bezel (800 parts per thousand) set with white gemstones. The case middle is decorated with two friezes. 18K gold case back (750 parts per thousand), decorated in the center with a miniature portrait on enamel, presumed to be of Madame Élisabeth of France (1764–1794), sister of King Louis XVI, surrounded by white gemstones, all set within a design of floral garlands surmounted by a ribbon set with white gemstones. Mechanical movement with manual winding via a key, openworked balance cock with two screws and a counter-pivot, fusée-and-chain system, advance/retard adjustment rosette, verge escapement, signed Lieutaud, in Aix, numbered 3906. 18K gold (750 parts per thousand) lugs. The watch was non-functional at the time of appraisal; there is no guarantee of future functionality or the condition of the parts. Scratches on the case and glass; white stones missing from the bezel and case back; damage to the dial. Second half of the 18th century Gross weight 41.5 g - Diameter 40 mm