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Silver&Enamel Charles Vacheron Verge Fusee CALENDAR Skull Memento Mori watch
Estimated price for orientation: 19 500 $
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Description Condition: Pre-owned: An item that has been used or worn previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition
I am please to offer from my private collection this MUSEUM antique early 19th Century Silver&Enamel Charles Vacheron(pre-Vacheron&Constantin) Verge Fusee CALENDAR Skull Memento Mori Doctor's pocket watch with a central seconds hand! MUSEUM PRISTINE condition! This is one of the rarest watches I have ever had! A special and unique.
It has a very amazing fancy enamel dial.
Amazing hand painted enamel Memento Mori scene with a skull ,sand clock and a flower in a vase. High grade fire gild verge fusee complicated movement!
The watch is is a link to the tradition of the memento mori - an object designed to remind us that life is brief and that we should seize the moment while we are here.The watch is overise 60mm in diameter. The watch comes with the original key!Original high domed crystal! Original hands! All the parts original-nothing has been ever changed or repaired in this watch! Perfect working order.(do not expect a quartz accuracy from 220 years old watch) Now is your only chance to buy this amazing piece! Provenance:This unique piece comes directly from the famous Skulls collection of Dr.Atanas Karamanov,who was the personal physician to King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. Dr.Karamanov was also a member of the first Bulgarian Regular Masonic Lodge named “Balkanska Zvezda” c1890's . His collection contain over 1200 skull watches,skull goblets,skull victorican jewelry etc...
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| Condition: | Pre-owned: An item that has been used or worn previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition |
I am please to offer from my private collection this MUSEUM antique early 19th Century Silver&Enamel Charles Vacheron(pre-Vacheron&Constantin) Verge Fusee CALENDAR Skull Memento Mori Doctor's pocket watch with a central seconds hand! MUSEUM PRISTINE condition! This is one of the rarest watches I have ever had! A special and unique.
It has a very amazing fancy enamel dial.
Amazing hand painted enamel Memento Mori scene with a skull ,sand clock and a flower in a vase. High grade fire gild verge fusee complicated movement!
The watch is is a link to the tradition of the memento mori - an object designed to remind us that life is brief and that we should seize the moment while we are here.The watch is overise 60mm in diameter. The watch comes with the original key!Original high domed crystal! Original hands! All the parts original-nothing has been ever changed or repaired in this watch! Perfect working order.(do not expect a quartz accuracy from 220 years old watch) Now is your only chance to buy this amazing piece! Provenance:This unique piece comes directly from the famous Skulls collection of Dr.Atanas Karamanov,who was the personal physician to King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. Dr.Karamanov was also a member of the first Bulgarian Regular Masonic Lodge named “Balkanska Zvezda” c1890's . His collection contain over 1200 skull watches,skull goblets,skull victorican jewelry etc...
Free shipping to worldwide by DHL overnight courier.