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(SOLD) ALPHONSE MATILE (SWISS) 18K 38.5mm Hunter Case with Village Lake Mountain Scene Multi-Color Gold
$3,500.00
SOLD PLEASE INQUIRE
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| STATUS: | SOLD, PLEASE INQUIRE |
| BRAND: | Alphonse Matile (Geneva) |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: | Swiss |
| MODEL: | Box Hinge Hunter Case with Village Lake Mountain Scene |
| MATERIAL: | 18K Yellow Gold with Multi-Color Gold Appliques |
| CASE SIZE: | 38.5mm / 65g (total weight) |
| STYLE (OF/HC): | Hunting Case |
| DIAL: | White Enamel Dial (signed “ALPHONSE MATILE GENEVA), Roman Numeral Markers |
| FUNCTIONS: | Time only |
| WIND/SET: | Pendant Wind and Lever Set at 4 O’clock |
| NO. OF JEWELS: | 16-17 Jewels |
| ESCAPEMENT TYPE: | Lever/Anchor |
| CASE ADORNMENTS: | Highly Ornate and Realistic Scene with Village, Lake and Mountain Adorned with Multi-Color Gold Appliques in 3 Different Solid Gold Colors. Coin Edging and Chase Engraving Case Throughout |
| APPROXIMATE AGE: | About 1890’s |
| CONDITION: | Runs, Winds, Sets, Not Serviced. Cosmetically the enamel dial has a slight hairline running from the subseconds chapter to 11 o’clock hour marker. It is very faint and hard to see by naked eye. The case is in excellent shape with most of the applied gold elements still sharp to the touch. All of the coin edging, drum edging, and engravings on the case are in excellent shape as well. |
| ACCESSORIES: | None |
| PERSONALIZATION: | Initials Engraved on Caseback |
REMARKS: SOLD, PLEASE INQUIRE FOR FUTURE ORDER.
Scarce and superb Swiss 18K Multi-Color Box Hinge Hunter Case Pocket Watch made by Alphonse Matile of Geneva Switzerland. This is such a work-of-art and extravagant pocket watch from the 1880s that on the back cover it depicts European village scene with a church nestled next to a lake with trees that are all surrounded by a mountain range in the background. Each element was made in a different solid gold color where you have yellow gold, rose gold, green gold, and blue gold for an amazing combination of 4 different colored gold. The intricacies of the decorations is astounding as well, it will be an heirloom quality antique collectible that can be passed down for generations.
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