Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 518

Tiffany & Co., Geneva and New York, No. 18466, circa 1895. Very fine 18K gold minute-repeating keyless watch with split-seconds chronograph. C .four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, concave bezels, hinged gold cuvette. D. white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, outermost chronograph divisions with five-minute/seconds red Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 43 mm (19''', nickel, half plate, 35 jewels, calibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, split-seconds mechanism under the dial, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band. Dial, case and movement signed by the retailer. Diam. 55 mm.