Henry CAPT in Geneva. - Lot 289

Lot n° 289
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Résultat : 1 300EUR
Henry CAPT in Geneva. - Lot 289
Henry CAPT in Geneva. Collar watch. Round case in 750/1000 yellow gold, double bowl in 750/1000 yellow gold signed and numbered "N°33598", smooth bezel, round fluted winding mechanism, clipped caseback, back adorned with a "C" surrounded by a princely crown probably for Princess Clotilde or Princess Clémentine. White enameled dial, applied beaded hour markers, painted Roman numerals, iron track. Louis XV hands. Organic glass. Hand-wound mechanical movement, cylinder escapement. N°33598 Diameter: 23 mm. Gross weight: 15.08g. Circa 1900. Watch in good condition. Working mechanism. Bears a collector's cardboard label n°445. Provenance : Princess Marie-Clotilde of Savoy or Princess Clementine, (daughter of King Leopold II), Countess Viviane de WITT collection. Biographies: Marie-Clotilde de Savoie, (1843-1911), eldest daughter of King Victor-Emmanuel II of Italy and Archduchess Marie-Adélaïde of Austria. Married Prince Jérôme Napoléon in 1859. The couple had three children: Victor, Louis and Marie-Laetitia Princess Clémentine, (1872-1955), daughter of King Léopold II and Queen Marie-Henriette, born Archduchess of Austria. Her father refused her marriage to Prince Victor Napoléon in 1902 in order to maintain good relations with the Third Republic. On the death of Leopold II, the princess married the man of her heart's desire in 1910, and the couple settled in Belgium. She was very active with the Red Cross during the First World War, when she stayed with Empress Eugénie. Widowed in 1926, she raised her two children alone: Princess Marie-Clotilde (1912-1996) and Prince Louis (1914-1997). Temporary import The buyer will be required to pay import duties of 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the item is immediately re-exported outside the European Union. Work in temporary import The buyer will have to pay import fees of 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the buyer immediately re-exports the lot outside the European Union.
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