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Moynier & Fils. An unusual and attractive 18K gold and polychrome enamel scalloped openface cylinder watch, the enamel in hispano-moresque style, made for the Spanish Market
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Moynier & Fils. An unusual and attractive 18K gold and polychrome enamel scalloped openface cylinder watch, the enamel in hispano-moresque style, made for the Spanish Market

SIGNED MOYNIER & FILS À GENÈVE, NO. 21'775, CIRCA 1830

Closed15 November 2010

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Moynier & Fils. An unusual and attractive 18K gold and polychrome enamel scalloped openface cylinder watch, the enamel in hispano-moresque style, made for the Spanish Market
Signed Moynier & Fils à Genève, No. 21'775, circa 1830
Three-quarter plate gilt-finished jewelled cylinder movement, plain three-arm brass balance, engine-turned silvered dial, Roman numerals on blank chapter ring, blued steel moon-style hands, outer minute divisions, polychrome champlevé enamel Hispano-Moresque style decorated scalloped case, pendant and bow, case numbered, movement numbered and signed
44.5 mm. diam.

Specialist note

Other examples of objects enamelled in the Hispano-Moresque style are on permanent exhibition in Geneva's prestigious Patek Philippe Museum.
The Hispano-Moresque style was based upon Moorish decoration used in the Iberian Peninsula between the 8th and 15th centuries. The design became again fashionable in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.