Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 270

?Oversized Dress Watch? E. Gübelin, Lucerne, No. 96868, case No. 66287. Made in the 1930s. Very fine and unusual, large, thin, keyless, 18K yellow gold Art Deco dress watch with black 24-hour dial.

C. Two-body, solid, polished. D. Black with applied yellow gold baton numerals, concentric 24-hours in gilt Arabic numerals. Yellow gold ?épée? hands. M. Cal. 17''', 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to temperatures and 2 positions, blued steel flat balance-spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 56 mm.