Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1993
LOT 81
M. S. Bronnikoff, Wjatka, Russia, circa 1870. Very rare and fine watch entirely made of boxwood and bone, with original carved chain and key.
CHF 11,000 - 13,000
C. Double body, entirely made of box-wood. D. Wooden with Arabic numerals on bone cartouches and subsidiary seconds. Bone hands. M. Entirely made of wood, excluding the mainspring and the balance spring only, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain wood three-arm balance. Signed inside the back. In very good condition. Diam. 50 mm.
Notes
Very good example of a watch hard to be found in
such a good condition, specially still retaining the
original wood chain and key.