Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 418

Free-Sprung with Power-Reserve Barraud & Lunds, 14 Bishopsgate Within, London, No. 3/4681. The case with London hallmarks for 1900 ? 1901. Very fine, large and heavy, 18K pink gold, hunting cased keyless pocket watch with power-reserve, free-sprung balance and special winding.

C. Four-body, pomme et filets, mastermark JW, thief-proof swivel bow, button for engaging the winding at 2, for the hand-setting at 4. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel by Willis, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, power-reserve indication at 12. Blued steel pear hands. M. 45 mm., matte gilt, half-plate, 15 jewels, fusee and chain with Harrison?s maintaining power, lateral lever escapement, free-sprung bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature and meantime adjustment screws, blued steel balance spring with double overcoil, foliate engraved cock. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 55 mm.