Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 240

E. Thomas, Horloger de la Marine de 1'Etat et de l'Observatoire, 10, rue La Boetie, Paris, No. 1808, dated May 1898. Fine silver and gold keyless watch with chronograph and instantaneous 60 minute recorder.

C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished with gold rims, hinges and bow, the bezel engraved with unusual Arabic scale. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary seconds and minute register. Gold "spade" hands. M. 19 "' , gilt brass, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Chronograph with visible work, gold button on the winding crown and bolt in the band. Signed on the dial and cuvette. Diam. 54 mm.