Austro-Hungarian Gilt Gem Set Watch Chatelaine with Porcelain Plaque
Austro-Hungarian gilt gem set watch chatelaine, unmarked, in gilt metal, the hook plate set with a hand painted porcelain plaque within a double beaded turquoise border, suspending two studded belt form supports above cylindrical spacer bar, featuring a watch movement below with pink tourmaline bezel border, and further decorated with many pave set turquoise cabochons, the verso opening via hinge to reveal unmarked inner manual wind clock movement, total drop 6.30 in., width 2.36 in. published: "How the watch was worn, a fashion for 500 Years', by Genevieve Cummins, colour plate 162 and 163, page 70.
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- Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
- Bezel - On a clock or watch, the bezel is the metal frame into which the watch or clock glass is fitted. In clocks, the bezel may include a hinge and a flange, in effect a door to the face of the clock. In jewellery the bezel is a band of metal with a projecting lip that holds the gemstone in its setting.
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