Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 11, 1992
LOT 241
Theodore B. Starr, Swiss, circa 1910. Fine 18 ct. gold, keyless minute repeating watch.
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
C. Three body, massive, "demi-bassine", polished, with invisible hinges. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer red Arabic minute ring and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 17-, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, adjusted cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with swan-neck micrometric index. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Signed on the dial. In good condition. Diam. 46mm.
