Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 09, 2014

LOT 25

SWISS YELLOW GOLD HUNTING CASED, RETAILED BY LOSADA, LONDON Swiss, No. 4075. Made circa 1890, retailed by Losada, 281 Regent Street London. Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, key-wound, pocket watch. Accompanied by the original fitted box.

Four-body, bassine, polished, band and bow decorated in a floral and leaf motive, engine-turned hinged cover centered by a shield, engine-turned back, hinged gold cuvette partially engraved in a floral and leaf pattern with apertures for winding and setting. Guilloche silver with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary sunk seconds dial, entirely decorated in a floral and leaf pattern. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. 17''', gilt brass, 15 jewels, ¾ plate, counter poised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Unsigned, case numbered.