Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 310

BRONNIKOV WOODEN WATCH WITH ORIGINAL BOX & CHAIN Attributed to Mikhail Semyonovitch Bronnikov, (Vjatka, Russia). Made circa 1865. Fine and very rare, pocket watch entirely made of birchwood and bone. Accompanied by the original wooden chain and fitted box.

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

HKD 66,000 - 100,000 / USD 8,500 - 13,000

Double-body, hinged back cover, polished, bezels with turned ribs at the edges, small circles in the center. Wooden with Arabic numerals on bone cartouches and subsidiary seconds. Wooden hands. Entirely made of wood with pinned wooden bridges, excluding the mainspring, balance-spring and pivots, with going barrel, cylinder escapement with bone staff, plain wood three-arm balance.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-71-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines

HANDS Original

Notes

DIAM. 59 mm. Bronnikov's inventive design features a movement which is an integral part of the case, the dial which serves as the pillar plate and the bridges and clock supported by brackets milled in the back part of the band. The same idea was later employed by the celebrated Albert Potter.