Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 7

J. F. Bautte & Cie, Genève, No. 70162. Made circa 1880. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold pocket watch. Accompanied by a winding key. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filet,? reeded band, case back with engine-turned decoration, engraved hinged gold cuvette. D. Guilloche gold with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial, the center engraved in a floral and leaf pattern. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 35 mm., 16???, frosted gilt, bar caliber, 6 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 9 mm.