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Courvoisier & Cie. A fine and rare 18K gold and enamel hunter case keywound lever watch with enamel portrait of Sultan Abdülmecid I
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Courvoisier & Cie. A fine and rare 18K gold and enamel hunter case keywound lever watch with enamel portrait of Sultan Abdülmecid I

SIGNED AUGUSTE CORVOISIER & CIE., NO. 51012, CIRCA 1850

已结束2013年11月11日

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Courvoisier & Cie. A fine and rare 18K gold and enamel hunter case keywound lever watch with enamel portrait of Sultan Abdülmecid I
Signed Auguste Corvoisier & Cie., No. 51012, circa 1850
Gilt-finished keywound straight line lever movement with finely foliage engraved bridges and going barrel, 10 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, engine-turned foliage decorated cuvette, white enamel and painted polychrome enamel floral decorated dial, blue and gilt Turkish numerals, subsidiary seconds, stylized gold hands, circular case, polychrome champlevé enamel scroll and foliage decorated rims, pendant and bow, painted polychrome enamel portait of Sultan Abdülmecid I to the front, the back with translucent pink enamel over engine-turned background, centred by painted polychrome enamel trophy of musical instruments, case numbered, cuvette signed and numbered
49 mm. diam.

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With later fitted presentation box and a gilt and enamel key.

Abdülmecid I (Abdul Mejid I, Abd-ul-Mejid I or Abd Al-Majid I Ghazi), Constantinople 1823 - 1861, was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1839 and 1861. Well educated, liberal minded, and the first sultan to speak French, Abdülmecid continued the reform program of his father, Mahmud II, restored Hagia Sophia, built the Dolmabahçe Palace and founded the first French theatre in Constantinople. His penchant for art is also reflected in his love for fine timepieces: a small number of watches signed by Courvoisier and embellished with his enamel portrait are known to exist, including an example in the famous Sir David Salomons Collection of Watches and Clocks, L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, Inv. EW 5-70 (The Art of Time - The Sir David Salomons Collection of Watches and Clocks, L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art. George Daniels and Ohannes Markarian, pp. 94 & 95).