Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992

LOT 4

Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1850.

CHF 1,800 - 2,200

Sold: CHF 2,530

Unusual silver center second watch made for the Chinese market, with diablotine and special escapement. Silver case with glazed back. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary 1/4 second foudroyante. GiIt brass full plate movement, partly skeletonized, with going barrel, 1/4 second beating, starduplex escapement. Diam. 51 mm. Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1850. Silver watch with special escapement. Silver case with reeded band and engine-turned back. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Gilt brass movement with going barrel, single wheel duplex escapement with steel 'scape wheel. Diam. 46 mm. Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1840. Silver center second watch made for the Chinese market,without dial. Silver polished case with hinged glazed cuvette. Unusual giIt brass movement, Chinese caliber, the engraved gilt brass free standing barrel and bridges applied on a polished steel plate, cylinder escapement. Diam. 62 mm. Lot of 3.


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