Contemporary, Limited Edition, Modern...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Apr 25, 2001

LOT 27

Aeby, Bellenot & Co., Bienne, Swiss. Produced circa 1885.Fine and interesting, silver gilt, hunting-cased, keyless, jump-hour watch.

C. four-body, "variée", etched with foliage scrollings, both covers "guilloché" on the inside, gilt silver hinged cuvette.D. white enamel with gold and silver paillon with floral decoration, aperture for jump-hour at the top, in the center aperture for minutes, auxiliary dial for the seconds. M. gilded, straight line lever escapement, uncut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Kaiser's jump-hour mechanism.Inside covers stamped with company's trademark.Diam. 56 mm.