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Geneva, May 10, 2009
LOT 229
Split-Seconds with Diablotine F. Guédin, Geneva, No. 11262. Made circa 1870. Very fine and rare, heavy, 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with two-train independent split-seconds chronograph and 1/4 second diablotine.
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
USD 5,200 - 7,000 / EUR 4,000 - 5,300
C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", engine turned and polished covers and reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost seconds divided into quarters, subsidiary quartersecond jump diablotine. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 20''', nickel, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, tandem winding, Heart-piece on the back plate. Dial, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-11 |
Good Slightly worn |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-05 |
Good HANDS Luminous material reapplied |
Notes
The feature known as a diablotine is a small subsidiary dial on a chronograph or independent center-seconds pocket watch, the hand of which moves in a jumping fashion at intervals of 1/4 or 1/5th of a second. The term literally means ?little devil?. The diablotine is halted when the chronograph or centre seconds is stopped and the fractions of a seconds can be read.