Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
Savarin & Fils à Bordeaux, No. 6983, circa 1800.
Unusual early, independent, dead seconds watch. Slightly later, specially made silver case with reeded band and engine-turned back, engraved with a small sea-side landscape. Silver dome. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals. GiIt brass dust cap. GiIt brass full plate double train movement with cylindrical pillars, going train with fusee and chain, independent seconds train with going barrel. Cylinder escapement. Diam. 60 mm.