Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 511

BARTENS & RICE GOLD POCKET CHRONOGRAPH Bartens & Rice, New York, movement No. 42000, case No. 14909. Made circa 1887. Very fine, 18K gold, keyless, hunting-cased pocket watch with single button chronograph

C. Four-body, ?bassine,? polished, front cover with engraved initials ?ROB,? chronograph button at 12
D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute and 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers. Sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel Breguet hands.
M. Cal. 42 mm, nickel plated, 3/4-plate, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, cam micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 54 mm.