Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 31

DENT GOLD CHRONOGRAPH Dent, Watchmaker to The King, 61 Strand & 4 Royal Exchange, London, No. 52227, the movement supplied by Nicole Nielsen. The case with London hallmarks for 1901. Very fine, 18K gold, keyless pocket watch with chronograph.

Four-body, "bassine et filets", master mark RN, polished, thief- proof swivel bow. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric seconds track divided into fifths of a second, Arabic five minute/second numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. 43 mm., 19''', frosted gilt half-plate, spring barrel, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold timing and temperature screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator, Nicole Nielsen chronograph work mounted on the backplate and activated by depressing the crown. Dial, and movement signed.