Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 296
Bucher Hofuhrmacher in Stuttgart and in Paris, circa 1830. Rare and very unusual 18 ct. gold moon phase astronomical triple calendar watch with a special escapement and triple fly-back hands.
CHF 12,000 - 15,000
Sold: CHF 64,400
Three body massive "demi-bassine" case with reeded band, engraved overall with scrolls and flowers. GiIt brass cuvette. White off set dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the dates and the phases of the moon, sectors for the fly back-days of the week, months and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. GiIt brass 21' three quarter plate movement 12 jewels, with cylindrical pillars, duplex escapement with a plain three armed balance. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm. Watches with fly back seconds are extremely rare, and it is probably unique to find on the sanie watch such a feature associated with fly back days of the week and months.
