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.


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