Important watches, wristwatches & clocks
New York, Dec 07, 1988
LOT 218
Geneva N.M. Watch Co Ld, No. 5821, circa 1900. 14-carat gold minute repeating astronomical moon phase watch with perpetual calendar.
USD 10,000 - 12,000
Four body contemporary American case decorated overall with engine turned concentric circle. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals subsidiary dials for week days, date and months for the four leap year cycle, seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Pear blued steel hands. 18''nickel movement, "fausses-cotes" decoration, 24 jewels, equilibrated straight line lever escapment, cut bimetaIIic balance, Breguet balance-spring, striking on gongs by mean of a slide on the band. In good condition. Diam. 53 mm.
