Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991
LOT 456
M. J. Pack, Paris and Bombay, Swiss, made for the Indian market, circa 1890. Very fine 18 ct. gold, hunting-cased, keyless minute-repeating,moon phase astronomical grande and petite sonnerie clockwatch with perpetual calendar and chronograph.
CHF 90,000 - 110,000
Sold: CHF 103,500
C. Three body, massive, "bassine et filets", the band engraved with entrelacs, covers chased and engraved with elaborate foliage over a matt ground. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman nmerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary dial for week days, months with leap year cycle, dates and seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Bluedsteel "spade" hands. M. 20"' nickeled with " fausses côtes" decoration, double barrel with differential winding, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Striking and repeating on gongs with boit in the band, strike/silence and grande/petite sonnerie selectors by the bezel. Chronograph with visible work and push-piece in the band. Signed on the cuvette. In perfect condition. Diam. 55 mm.
