Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 136

Coin Dress Watch Ebel, Genève, retailed by Meister, No. 1449, case No. 896002, Ref. 267. Made in the 1970's. Fine, 18K yellow gold coin watch inserted in a Mexican 50 peso gold coin, bearing on one side: ?50 pesos, 37.5 gr. oro puro, 1821? 1947? and the effigy of an angel, on the other side, an eagle with a snake in his beak, and the words: ?Estados Unidos Mexicanos.? Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Five-body, solid, polished and brushed, on the band, the device: Independencia y Libertad, cover opening by means of a secret push-piece on the band. D. Matte silver with painted indexes and Arabic quarters. Blued steel baton hands. M. Cal. 69, extra-flat, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring. Case and movement signed, dial signed: Meister. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 4 mm.