Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Tokyo, Dec 15, 1989
LOT 486
Marcks & Co , Bombay & Poona, Swiss, made for an important Maharadjah, circa 1890. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel hunting cased keyless minute repeating watch with a chronograph and an instantaneous 30 minute recorder.
JPY 20,000,000 - 25,000,000
USD 15,000 - 20,000
Four body massive "bassine et filets" polished case, the cover and the back with painted champlevé enamelled horse racings on the border. Gold cuvette. Silver dial with a fine cast gold floral decoration, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and chrono-graph rings, subsidiary seconds and minute register. Blued steel " spade" hands. Glazed gilt Brass 19' three quarter plate movement, 29 jewels, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band. The chronograph with a visible work and a push piece on the band. Signed on the dial and on the movement. In very good condition. Diam.: 56 mm.
