Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Geneva, Apr 20, 1996
LOT 474
Johann Hillrich in Pesth (Hungary), No. 1834, circa 1820. Unusual silver, digital jumping hour watch.
CHF 1,800 - 2,200
C. Three body, Empire, engine-turned. D. Silver engine-turned with eccentric aperture for the jumping hour volvelle, outer Arabic central minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hand. M. 20 1/2"', gilt brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, going barrels passing through the back plate, secured by a half-moon bridge, cylinder escapement with a plain gilt brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, ruby endstone. Signed on the dial and the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 57 mm.
