Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 372

Allamand Brothers, 28 Spencer St, Northampton Square, London, No. 3016. Made for the South American market circa 1890. Very fine 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased, keyless quarterrepeating pocket watch.

C. Five-body, ?bassine et filets,? front and back covers engraved with foliate pattern centered by an initial, band chased and engraved in repeated pattern, engraved gold hinged cuvette engraved with owner's name. D. Silver with printed radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, center and the outermost in applied gold floral decoration, subsidiary engraved sunk seconds. Blued steel Louis XVI hands. M. 36 mm, gilt brass, damascened, 28 jewels, gold screwed chatons, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, engraved index regulator with diamond endstone, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band, fold-down winder, and button to adjust time. Diam. 48 mm. Thickness 15 mm