Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 274

?Minute Repeater? B. Poitevin, No. 38383, retailed by Auger, Joaillier Bijoutier, Place des Victoires, Paris. Made circa 1890. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold and painted on enamel, keyless pocket watch.

C. Four body, massive, "demi-bassine", polished, the back cover decorated with a painted enamel coat of arms on a light blue background. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 19"', rhodium-plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 23 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Signed on the front plate beneath the dial, signed by the retailer on the cuvette. Diam. 52 mm.