Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 135

E. Gübelin, Luzern, No. 96955, case No. 401625. Made in the 1950s. Very fine and unusual, large, keyless, 18K yellow gold dress watch with black 24-hour dial.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped sides. D. Black enamel with applied yellow gold ?bâton? markers and concentric 24- hour graduation, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold ?épée" hands. M. Cal. 17''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to temperatures and 2 positions, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.