Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 96
Stor. Micallef à Malte, circa 1790. Fine and rarel8 ct gold, self winding watch.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 8,050
C. Double body, Louis XVI, polished. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. GiIt brass sun hands. M. GiIt brass inverted full plate with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three armed balance set on the front plate, flat balance spring. GiIt winding weight pivoted on the edge of the back plate. Signed on the winding weight. In very good condition. Diam. 46 mm
Notes
Watches signed in Malta are very rare, notably so when
they incorporate what was a recent invention, namely
the so called perpetuelles.