Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 113

Ebel Square ?Chronometre? Ebel, Chronometre, Swiss, No. 244869. Made circa 1910. Fine and unusual, large, square, enamel decorated and engraved 18K yellow gold keyless pocket watch.

C. Two-body, square, 18K yellow gold, bezel and bow engraved with angled leaves, the case back decorated with blue and white enamel on an engine-turned ground, rounded corners. D. Champagne with black Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, with an engraved square floral motif. Blue steel Breguet hands. M. 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 2 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 42 mm.