Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 58
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1840.
CHF 3,000 - 3,500
Unusual key-wind, silver watch with dates and special escapement. Three body polished case, forme quatre baguettes. Silver engine-turned cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and a small aperture for the date. Unusual gilt brass bar movement with free standing barrel, double wheel duplex escapement, plain brass three armed balance, Breguet parachute suspension and bimetallic compensation curb. Diam. 55 mm.
