Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 6

Aero Watch ? Five-Minute Repeating New Old Sto ck Pocket Watch Aero Watch, Neuchatel, Swiss. Made in the 1960s. Fine, five-minute repeating, gold-plated, hunting cased keyless pocket watch with skeletonized dial.

C. Three-body, bassine, foliate engraved front cover and engineturned back, polished band. Pierced gilt metal grille surrounding the movement. D. Annular, white painted with radial Roman numerals, outer engraved dot minute divisions, the center exposing the movement. Black Louis XV hands. M. 20 mm., gilt with oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a pushbutton in the band. Dial signed. Diam. 57.5 mm. New old stock