Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 308
Musy Padre e Figli, Torino, No 97679, circa 1880. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, diamond set hunting cased keyless watch made for Umberto Primo King of Italia as a presentation piece.
CHF 12,000 - 15,000
Sold: CHF 10,350
Four body massive "demi-bassine" polished case, the back with the champlevé enamel painted diamond inlaid coat of arms of the king. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. Gilt brass 18' movement, 15 jewels, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 50 mm. Umberto l st, King of Italy from 1878 to 1900. He was born in Torino on March 14, 1844, the son of Victorio Emanuele II. In 1868 he married in Torino his cousin Margherita and was murdered in Monza on July 29, 1900.
