J.F. Bautte. A very fine and thin 18K gold openface lever watch, by tradition given by the composer Gioacchino Rossini to the banker Laudadio della Ripa de Pesaro in 1853
J.F. Bautte. A very fine and thin 18K gold openface lever watch, by tradition given by the composer Gioacchino Rossini to the banker Laudadio della Ripa de Pesaro in 1853 Signed J.F. Bautte & Cie à Genève, no. 73388, circa 1850 Movement: cal. 18’’’, manual, 10 jewels Dial: white enamel, large subsidiary seconds Case: four-body, engine turned, hinged back, the interior engraved “Dono di Giacchino Rossini 1853”, hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details, 45 mm. diam., signed