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Hotel Nogalhilton Geneve, Nov 11, 2001

LOT 113

Timekeeper with 1 ComplicationCharles Ed. Lardet, Fleurier, Swiss, No. 3595, made on special order for P.L. Pechemiel, Madrid, 1878.Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel keyless early chronograph watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", solid, engine-turned back with the monogram "SFR", gold hinged cuvette with two very fine painted on enamel portraits of a gentleman and a lady against a florally engraved background, early round pendant. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with five-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "fleur-de-lis" hands. M. 44,3 mm (19 1/2'''), frosted gilt metal, 21 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escpement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, early chronograph mechanism with detent-type levers, gold chronograph train, wolf-tooth winding wheels, pin-set.Signed on the movement, dial signed by the retailer.Diam. 53 mm.