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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION
A RETRO SAPPHIRE AND GOLD 'CADENAS' BRACELET WATCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Details
A RETRO SAPPHIRE AND GOLD 'CADENAS' BRACELET WATCH, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
With nickel-finished lever movement, the copper-colored dial with dot chapters and blued-steel hands, enclosed in a polished gold padlock case, accented by calibré-cut sapphires, to the twin snake-link chain, mounted in gold, circa 1940, 5 3/4 ins.
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, N.Y., no. 1177
With nickel-finished lever movement, the copper-colored dial with dot chapters and blued-steel hands, enclosed in a polished gold padlock case, accented by calibré-cut sapphires, to the twin snake-link chain, mounted in gold, circa 1940, 5 3/4 ins.
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, N.Y., no. 1177
Literature
Cf. Edited by É. Possémé, Van Cleef & Arpels: The Art of High Jewelry, Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs, 2012, p.131
Cf. Van Cleef & Arpels, Editions Paris-Muséees, Paris, p. 129
Cf. Van Cleef & Arpels, Editions Paris-Muséees, Paris, p. 129
Further Details
Previously sold at Christie's Park Avenue, Important Jewels, 22 October 1991, Lot 159