Contemporary, Limited Edition, Modern...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Apr 25, 2001

LOT 349

B. Poitevin, 22 rue Viviene, Paris, No. 51020. Produced circa 1905.Very fine, 18K gold, keyless, astronomical minute repeating watch with phases of the moon, perpetual calendar, and chronograph with 30-minute register.

C. four-body, "bassine", back with low-relief holly stems and four-leaf clover superimposed on the initials "CB", the "C" finished with a hog's head, a horse-shoe hanging from its lower part with other good-luck symbols, including a small star with rose-cut diamond, described inside the back cover as: corde de pendu, houx, cochon, trèfle, chardon, fer à cheval, étoile, corail, gui, the front bezel with matching low-relief clover motif, hinged gold cuvette. D. white enamel, snap-on, Breguet numerls, outer Arabic minutes and chronograph scale, four sunk auxiliary dials for days of the week, days of the month, months of the four-year leap cycle concentric with minute register, the auxiliary dial for the seconds concentric with aperture for phases of the moon. Blued-steel "Spade" hands. M. 43.4 mm., rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, straight line, calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, all three trains fully jeweled wth endstones on the entire escapement (37 jewels), "swan-neck" micrometric regulator, pin-set, repeating on gongs through a slide in the band.Cuvette signed, which is also inscribed: 1847-29 April 1907.Diam. 53 mm.