Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 143

C. H. Meylan, Brassus, No. 43234. Made in the 1930s. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, jump-hour, "Art Deco,? 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Cartier deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, domed crystal.D. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiaryseconds dial, aperture for the jump hour. Blued steel hand.M. Cal. 9 x 11''', tonneau-shaped, rhodium plated, ?faussescôtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cutbimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 5 positions, bluedsteel Breguet balance-spring.Case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 35 mm. Thickness: 7 mm.