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Lot 3698
JOSEPH RANNA. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE PINK GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET LYRE-SHAPED KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH WITH PINK GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET CHATELAINE
SIGNED JOSEPH RANNA IN WIEN, NO. 7008, CASE STAMPED JW FOR JOSEPH WEICHBERGER, CIRCA 1830
Closed30 November 2011
Price Realised
HKD 150,000
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US$15,000-20,000
A similar lyre-shaped watch with case stamped JW for Josef Weichberger is described and illustrated in Fantasy Watches - Gems of the Craftman's Art from there Therese Bloch-Bauer Collection by Elisabeth Sturm-Bednarczyk, p. 72, pl. 65.
The watchmaker Joseph Ranna and several of his works are listed in Meister der Uhrmacherkunst by Jürgen Abeler, p. 447.
A similar lyre-shaped watch with case stamped JW for Josef Weichberger is described and illustrated in Fantasy Watches - Gems of the Craftman's Art from there Therese Bloch-Bauer Collection by Elisabeth Sturm-Bednarczyk, p. 72, pl. 65.
The watchmaker Joseph Ranna and several of his works are listed in Meister der Uhrmacherkunst by Jürgen Abeler, p. 447.