Important Collector's Wristwatches an...
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995
John E. Hyde & Sons, London and Paris, No. 6025 Swiss, circa 1840. Fine 18 ct. gold watch.
C. Four body with reeded band and engine-turned back, the bezels, pendant and bow chased with a floral decoration. Hinged engine-turned cuvette engraved with technical details. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18 ' /2 ", gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, 13 jewels, swan neck Swiss lateral lever escapement, mono-imetallic balance with "parachute" suspension, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 47 mm.