Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 2

?Le Vieux Chateau? Swiss, No. 56740. Made circa 1930. Fine, gilt brass, agate and painted mantel timepiece.

C. Rectangular, frosted gilt brass, raised on two ball supports and a rectangular molded agate base, beveled glass. D. Rectangular, painted with a Swiss lake and landscape with boats and a couple in the foreground, a turreted chateau set with the clock dial, the chapter ring with radial Roman numerals. Blued steel ?cathedrale? hands. M. Circular, rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Dim. Height 9.5 cm., width 3.5 cm.