Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 189

?Hunting Trophy? Poitevin Fabricant, No. 6890, retailed by Louis Raby, Hger de l?Empereur, No. 17 Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, No. 1281. Made circa 1860. Very fine and unusual, quarter-repeating, two-train, hunting-cased, heavy 18K yellow gold pocket watch with independent dead center seconds.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", heavy, cast and chased, the front cover decorated with a foliate monogram in relief within a foliate border, the cast back cover decorated with a hunting trophy in relief within a foliate border, cast foliate band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds track. Gold "Breguet" hands. M. 42 mm., 19''', frosted gilt, two-train, 37 jewels, 2 gold endstones, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, independent train with slide on the band to stop the center-seconds, repeating on gongs via a slide on the band. Dial signed, cuvette signed by the retailer. Diam. 50 mm. Property of an American Collector