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Omega – Portrait Of Ras Tafari Omega, Bienne, Genève, N°336700, case N°931042
Vente aux enchères - Antiquorum N°242 - 13 novembre 2010 - Lot N°99
Omega – Portrait Of Ras Tafari Omega, Bienne, Genève, N°336700, case N°931042Enchère
Vente aux enchères
Antiquorum N°242
13 novembre 2010
Lot N°99
Omega – Portrait Of Ras Tafari Omega, Bienne, Genève, N°336700, case N°931042. Made circa 1928. Very fine and historicaly important, 18K yellow gold and enamel hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch with painted on enamel portrait of Ras Tafari “Emperor Haile Selassie”.
- USD8 000 - 13 000
- EUR6 000 - 10 000
- CHF8 000 - 13 000
- CHF 13 750
c. Four-body, solid, "bassine et filets", cover with central blue enamel medallion with monogram TM (Tafari Makonnen) surmounted by the Ethiopian Crown within a laurel leaf frame on a radially engraved ground, the hinged back cover with a finely painted polychrome enamel portrait of Haile Selassie in royal blue dress and surrounded by the inscription in Amharic “His Highness Tafari Makonnen”. d. White enamel with bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, gilt emblem of the “Lion of Judah”. Yellow gold spade hands. m. Fabriqué à Genève, Cal. 38 M. S. , rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 50 mm.
