# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CBNvY2VnY2A
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12829957-sothebyswatches-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/389e2f593e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-06-09T12:41:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

## Caption

Watches made by the celebrated jewellery and glass maker René Lalique are incredible rarities, with only a handful documented today. This extraordinary Art Nouveau watch adorned with ‘pâte de verre’ (glass paste) decoration was made in 1900.

The gold case is pierced with trumpet flowers and a rhinoceros beetle - a favourite motif of Lalique’s - to reveal a rich red enamelled cuvette to the back (2nd image). This jewel of a watch is lot 75 in Part III of the Masterworks of Time collection, bringing together exquisite watches selected by a single visionary collector. See link in bio for details (estimate CHF 50,000 - 80,000) 
#sothebyswatches lalique #lalique #renelalique

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