Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996
LOT 277
Unsigned, Swiss, made for the British Market, circa 1890. Fine 14K pink gold, quarter repeating keyless watch with chronograph.
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
Sold: CHF 2,760
C. Four body, massive, "bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings and sunk subsidiary seconds. Gilt brass Louis XV hands. M. Glazed 19"', frosted and gilt, threequarter plate, 24 jewels in screwed settings, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Chronograph with button on the winding crown. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm.
