The “Green Scarab Pendant Watch” features a crown-winding mechanism and was created in Switzerland, circa 1880.

Its case is shaped like a scarab made of engine-turned, engraved chased gold, ‘flinqué’ and ‘champlevé’ enamel and adorned with rubies and diamonds.

‘Champlevé’ enamel is a hand-engraving technique that consists of hollowing out a metal plate with a flat graver, thus forming small cavities to receive the enamel. ‘Flinqué’ is another tradition nurtured by Patek Philippe. It is highly transparent enamel that is applied to guilloched metal surfaces to create glistening or undulated patterns.

The watch is currently on display at the Patek Philippe Museum, inventory: S-928.