Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 300

?Robert Graves? Bartens & Rice, New York, made expressly for Robert Graves, circa 1885. Very fine, 18K gold, keyless, minute-repeating half open-faced pocket watch with splitseconds chronograph and special dial.

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished back cover with applied gold initials "RG", double bezel, gold, hinged cuvette over glazed gold cover for viewing the movement. D. Matte gold with letters R.O.B.E.R.T.G.R.A.V.E.S. for the numerals made in red, blue and white champlevé enamel, outer minute and chronograph rings with five-minute Arabic markers in white champlevé enamel, gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 42.6 mm, nickel, half-plate, "fausses côtes" decoration, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cutbimetallic compensation balance, blued steel, Breguet balance spring, lever-set with setting lever mounted between the bezels, repeating on gongs through activating a slide in the band.Signed on the movement by Bartens and Rice. Dial, case, and movement signed Robert Graves. Cuvette inscribed Robert Graves, New York, Nov 17, 1886. Movement: Made Expressly for Robert Graves. Diam. 53 mm. Property of an American Gentleman