Important Watches, Collector's Wrist...

Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 45

J. Lattes, Genève - Cairo, No. 4386, circa 1890.Fine 18K rose gold, keyless, quarter repeating watch with double calendar and chronograph.

C. Four body, massive, ?bassine et filets?, polished, gold, hinged cuvette over glazed gold cover for viewing the movement. D. White enamel with four subsidiary dials: at 12 o'clock hour and minute chapters with Arabic numerals and blued steel "spade" hands, at 4 o'clock days of the month, at 8 o'clock days of the week, subsidiary sunk seconds at 6 o'clock, outer chronograph scale. M. 42.8 mm, gilt brass, 31 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balanc, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, frosted wolf-tooth winding wheels. Repeating on gongs by a slide in the band.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 55 mm.