Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Hanae Mori Building, Dec 15, 1990
LOT 366
Courvoisier & Compe., Chaux-de-Fonds, No.683, circa 1830. Rare 18 ct. gold pocket chronometer with unusual escapement and equation table.
JPY 600,000 - 800,000
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
C. Four body, massive, "pomme et filet", engine-tumed. Gold cuvette engraved with principal technical details anci circular table for equation of time. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Frosted and gilt brass, Geneva bar type, 11 jewels, unusual countersunk spring detent escapement with gold swan-neck passing spring, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet spring. Signed case. In good condition. Diam. 47mm.
