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拍品专文
A Tiffany & Co. Masterpiece
The crispness of the case, technical beauty of the complicated movement, the design by one of the most important Art Nouveau designers in history, all make this watch one of most important historical discoveries of a Tiffany watch in recent years. This watch is a true American masterpiece of design and execution with its heavily chased and engraved case and flawlessly set with stones of the highest quality. This watch is a work of art that can be appreciated by the most discerning watch collector as well as the collector of Art Nouveau.
The case, dial, and movement are signed Tiffany, with the dial and movement signed 'Tiffany & Co. New York'. The quality of finish, escapement, and layout of the ebauche, with a screwed gold chaton and Geneva stripes, suggests that this movement was made and finished in Geneva, possibly a movement remaining from Tiffany & Co's Place Cornavin production from the late 1870s.
George Paulding Farnham
The design of this watch is no doubt the work of George Paulding Farnham (1859-1927). At the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, Farnham's work was celebrated and coveted by patrons from around the world. He worked for Tiffany for 23 years from 1885 to 1908 as a designer, sculptor, and metallurgist. After he left Tiffany in 1896, he worked to develop mining interests in British Columbia.
For similar examples of Farnham designs of watch cases set with diamonds, rubies and sapphires, see J. Loring, Tiffany Timepieces, p. 104 and C. Phillips, Bejewelled By Tiffany 1837-1987, p. 196.
The crispness of the case, technical beauty of the complicated movement, the design by one of the most important Art Nouveau designers in history, all make this watch one of most important historical discoveries of a Tiffany watch in recent years. This watch is a true American masterpiece of design and execution with its heavily chased and engraved case and flawlessly set with stones of the highest quality. This watch is a work of art that can be appreciated by the most discerning watch collector as well as the collector of Art Nouveau.
The case, dial, and movement are signed Tiffany, with the dial and movement signed 'Tiffany & Co. New York'. The quality of finish, escapement, and layout of the ebauche, with a screwed gold chaton and Geneva stripes, suggests that this movement was made and finished in Geneva, possibly a movement remaining from Tiffany & Co's Place Cornavin production from the late 1870s.
George Paulding Farnham
The design of this watch is no doubt the work of George Paulding Farnham (1859-1927). At the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, Farnham's work was celebrated and coveted by patrons from around the world. He worked for Tiffany for 23 years from 1885 to 1908 as a designer, sculptor, and metallurgist. After he left Tiffany in 1896, he worked to develop mining interests in British Columbia.
For similar examples of Farnham designs of watch cases set with diamonds, rubies and sapphires, see J. Loring, Tiffany Timepieces, p. 104 and C. Phillips, Bejewelled By Tiffany 1837-1987, p. 196.