Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Milan, Palazzo Dei Giureconsulti, Mar 29, 1993
LOT 345
F. Rôtig, Inventeur, Constructeur de chronomètres, Havre, No.2963, France, circa 1880. Fine 18 ct. pink gold, keyless watch with unusual chronograph.
ITL 2,500 - 3,000
USD 1,700 - 2,000
Sold: ITL 2,760
C. Four body, "pomme et filets", the back engine-turned centered with a small escutcheon, engraved inside with the name of the owner and the date: 1882. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "pear" hands. M. 20? gilt brass three quarter plate, 19 jewels, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring and diamond end-stone. Unusual chronograph work invented by Rôtig, with push-piece in the band, reset to zero by depressing the winding crown. Signed on the dial, cuvette and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 57 mm.
