Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 336
Richard Washington, 46 OId Hall Street, Liverpool, No. 1858. circa 1875. Rare large silver deck-watch with chronometer escapement.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 9,200
Four-body massive "bassine et filets" polished case with gold hinges. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring. Gold "spade" hands counter-sunk subsidiary seconds. GiIt brass 28" movement with ringed pillars. Liverpool type jewelling with 16 saphire stones, in screwed steel settings with diamond end stone on the engraved English cock. Earnshaw type spring detent; cut bimetallic balance with wedge-shaped weights. Spiral blued-steel spring with index regulator. Signed on the movement. In good condition. Diam. 92 mm.
