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18K GOLD & CHAMPLEVE POCKET WATCH C1880 PLOJOUX GENEVA GOLD FACE STEM WIND 12HR

Estimated price for orientation: 4 900 $

Category: Antique
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Description
Year of Manufacture: 1880-1889 Movement: Mechanical (Hand-winding)
Brand: Plojoux MPN: Does Not Apply
Material: artisan case, Champleve enamel design front and back, Solid Gold Serial Number: 7732
Closure: Open Face Model: pocket watch
Features: 12-Hour Dial, Arabic Numerals Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland
Escapement Type: Deadbeat UPC: Does not apply


THIS IS AN ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH WITH AN 18k GOLD CASE.  THE ARTISAN CASE IS EXTRA THIN 5MM X46MM. (NB; The extra thin case meant more delicate workmanship on the mechanism of the watch)  THE 18K GOLD CASE IS INLAID WITH CLOISONNE/CHAMPLEVE DECORATION ON THE FRONT, BACK AND EDGES.  THIS WATCH IS IN PERFECT WORKING CONDITION AND IS TOTALLY ORIGINAL. IT IS SIGNED ON THE FACE PLOJOUX GENEVE; AS WELL IT IS SIGNED PLOJOUX GENEVE SWITZERLAND ON THE WORKS. IT ALSO HAS THE CROWNED SEAL AND GENEVE STAMPED IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE WORKS. IT IS MARKED "19 JEWELS", "ALL ADJUSTMENTS", AND HAS THE SERIAL NUMBER"7732"MARKED ON THE WORKS. IT HAS THE INTERNATIONAL MARKS FOR 18k GOLD STAMPED ON THE INSIDE OF THE BACK OF THE CASE. M A PLOJOUX was established at 30 Rue du Rhone in Geneva Switzerland in the early 1870s. He specialised in complicated, high precision watches as well as fine complex jewelry.  He achieved 2 awards at the Paris world exhibition in 1878; and also won gold medals in the exhibitions of 1880 and 1896. By 1910 he had stores in Geneva, and Montreux, Switzerland and in Paris, France. This watch is quite decorative. I wore it attached to a heavy gold Georgian chatelaine chain. THE LAST AUCTION PRICE THAT I HAVE FOUND FOR THIS WATCHMAKER WAS AT BONHAMS AUCTION, ENGLAND FOR A PRICE OF 7,000 BRITISH POUNDS.I am retired and simplifying my collections.