Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 258

Eberhard & Co. - Yellow Gold Singlebutton Chronograph Eberhard & Co., No. 180934, Made in the 1920s. Fine and rare, large, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with singlebutton chronograph, register and tachometer.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, hinged bezel and case back, mobile wire lugs. D. White enamel with painted black Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5-second Arabic markers, outermost red tachometer graduation. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 16''', rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 12 mm.