Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Geneva, Apr 20, 1996
LOT 492
Alois Lang, Uhrmacher, Gmunden, (Swiss), circa 1870. Very fine silver half hunting cased, pocket chronometer.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished, the cover with black champleve enamelled Roman numerals on the border of the glazed dial aperture. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 20"', nickel plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 20 jewels in screwed settings, inverted fusee with chain and maintaining power, pivoted detent escapement with gold escape wheel, cut bimetallic balance, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves. Signed in the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
