Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Tokyo, Dec 15, 1989
LOT 340
H.R. Ekegren, Copenhagen, made for J.E. Caldwell & Co , Philadelphia, circa 1890. Good 18 ct. pink gold minute repeating keless watch.
JPY 550,000 - 650,000
USD 4,000 - 5,000
Four body massive "Empire" polished case. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer red Arabic minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. Nickel plated 18"' movement, 29 jewels in gold screwed setting, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bi-metallic balance, Breguet balance spring with a swan neck micrometric index patented on February 5th 1867. Repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band. Signed on the dial, the cuvette and the movement. In very good condition. Diam.: 52 mm.
