Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996
LOT 178
D.F. Dubois a Paris, dated 10/79 (October 1779). Very rare early world-time watch movement.
CHF 1,200 - 1,500
Sold: CHF 2,300
D. White enamel chapter ring with 12 x 2 Roman numerals and outer 60 x 2 Arabic minute ring (restored), white enamel revolving centre with the name of 34 cities or locations around the world (hairlines). M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel endpiece. Signed and dated on the back plate. h1 good condition. Diam. 50 nun.
