Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 11, 1992
LOT 53
Johann Hillrich in Pesth, Hungary, No. 1834, circa 1820. Unusual silver, digital jumping hour watch.
CHF 3,500 - 4,000
C. Three body, Empire, engine-turned. D. Silver engineturned with eccentric aperture for the jumping hour volvelle, outer Arabic central minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hand. M. 20,5?, gilt brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, going barrels passing through the back plate, secured by a half-moon bridge, cylinder escapement with a plain gilt brass three armed balance, flat balance spring, ruby endstone. Signed on the dial and the back plate. In good condition. Diam. 57mm.
