Important Collectors Wristwatches Po...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 106
Benjamin Webb, London, No. 45, by the King's Patent, with London hallmarks for 1799. Fine and rare silver pair cased Explorer stopwatch with built-in compass.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
C. Outer and inner, double body, polished, both marked "N.T.W." (Nicholas Thomas Wood). D. White enamel small eccentric with Roman numerals, with a compass en pendant and subsidiary seconds below. Gold arrow hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, diamond endstone, compass hand locking boit and stop-watch lever in the bezel . Gilt brass dust cap. Signed on the dial, dust cap and back plate. h1 very good condition. Diam. 57 mm.
