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A unique 18 carat gold, citrine and diamond watch/bangle, 'Cerini', No 80 from the About Time Collection, by Grima, image 1
A unique 18 carat gold, citrine and diamond watch/bangle, 'Cerini', No 80 from the About Time Collection, by Grima, image 2
A unique 18 carat gold, citrine and diamond watch/bangle, 'Cerini', No 80 from the About Time Collection, by Grima, image 3
Lot 47

A unique 18 carat gold, citrine and diamond watch/bangle, 'Cerini', No 80 from the About Time Collection,
by Grima, 1969

20 September 2017, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £22,500 inc. premium

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A unique 18 carat gold, citrine and diamond watch/bangle, 'Cerini', No 80 from the About Time Collection, by Grima, 1969

The large, oval-cut citrine 'glass', within a bezel composed of a myriad of gold 'matchsticks' decorated with baguette-cut diamonds, on a wide 'matchstick' bangle, mounted in yellow gold, signed Grima, Omega mark, numbered 811924, scratched number 3255, workshop mark HJCo, London hallmark, inner diameter of bangle 5.5cm, original Grima case with tooled Omega insignia

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This watch was from the About Time Collection, 1970; No 80 on the original index. The design was inspired by tiny wax-coated matches - cerini - used in bars throughout Italy. It was exhibted at the Grima Retrospective, Goldsmith's Hall, May, 1991; no 254 and illustrated in Johann Willsberger's book 'Grima' in 1991.

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