Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 131

Yellow Gold Art Deco International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, No. 850981, case No. 874663. Made in the 1930s. Very fine, keyless, 14K yellow gold Art Deco pocket watch. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets," milled ornamented bezels, case back decorated with alternating polished and striped rectangles, reeded band. Hinged gold bezel and lunette. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold Breguet hands. M. Cal. 16 1/2''', frosted gilt, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 50 mm. Thickness 9 mm.