Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 60
Hugonnet à Bourg, circa 1810.
CHF 3,000 - 3,500
Rare silver experimental watch with early straight line lever escapement. Three body Empire case with reeded band and polished back. GiIt brass hinged cuvette. GiIt brass movement, unusual caliber drawn from that of Jean Antoine Lepine, early straight line lever escapement with unusual brass ' scape wheel, plain gold three armed balance, flat balance spring. Diam. 51 mm.
