Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 50
F. Rôtig, Le Havre (France), No. 231, circa 1880. Fine rose wood, 56 hour going marine chronometer with power reserve indication.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
C. Double body rose wood box with inset brass handles and brass borders (the upper glazed section with hinged lid, now replaced by a mahogany panel). Brass circular gimbal and bowl. D. Silvered with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down scale. Gilt brass "spade" hands. M. Brass full plate with conical balance, spotted finished, fusee with chain and maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two-arm compensation balance with cylindrical poising weights and timing screws, free sprung palladium helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond end-stone. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Dial diam. 100 mm.
