Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 255
Woog Frères, Paris, No12902, made in 1882. Fine 18 ct. pink gold keyless pocket chronometer in original fitted case, with bulletin from the Geneva Observatory.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 4,830
Four body massive "pomme et filets grande gouge" polished case. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. GiIt brass 19" movement, 17 jewels, pivoted detent escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted by Otto Kaurup from Le Locle, blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves. Not signed but the case bearing the same number as the certificate. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm. Mean daily compensation error: 0.56 Error of compensation per degree: 0.03 Mean error summed over 28 days: 15.7
