Important Watches, Wristwatches, Cloc...
Basel April 21, 1990, Apr 21, 1990
LOT 404
C.H. Meylan, Brassus, No. 3009, circa 1890. Very fine 18K pink gold and enamel hunting cased keyless "triple complication", minute repeating moon phase astronomical watch with perpetual calender and splitsecond chronograph.
CHF 40,000 - 60,000
Four body massive "bassine et filets" polished case, a blue champleve enamelled monogram "WHZ" on the cover. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer red Arabic minute and chronograph rings, subsidiary dials for: the days of the week, the months, with the leap year cycle, the date and the subsidiary seconds with an inner moonphase aperture. Blued steel Breguet hands. Very fine nickel plated 18" 3/4 plate movement, "fausses cotes" decorations, 32 jewels, two gold screwed settings, equilibrated straight line le-ver escapement, cut bimetallic balance, superior adjustment, Breguet balance spring with a swan neck micro-metric index. Repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band. The split second chronograph with a visible work, the push pieces on the band. Signed on the mo-vement. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
