Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 25, 1993
LOT 296
Girard Perregaux, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Swiss, No. 44659, case No. 44659, made for the Spanish or South American market, circa 1870. Fine 18 ct. gold hunting cased, pocket chronometer.
CHF 14,000 - 16,000
C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", fully engraved with a formai decoration. Gold cuvette engine-turned on the border. D. Silver with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds, engraved and applied with a gold cast floral decoration. Blued steel fancy hands. M. 19-, nickel plated, "à vagues" decoration, bar caliber with a gold wheel train, 15 jewels partly in gold screwed settings, pivoted detent escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the dial and movement. In good condition. Diam. 51 mm
