Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996
LOT 306
Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1820. Fine 18K gold, small quarter repeating watch, in the style of Breguet with offset seconds.
CHF 6,000 - 7,000
Sold: CHF 6,325
C. Three body, "forme quatre baguette", engineturned. Gold cuvette secured by an eccentric screw. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter and offset sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 16"', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 12 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Quarter repeating on one gong with a single hammer and pull-twist piston through the pendant. In very good condition. Diam. 41 mm.
