Collector’s Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 106

Charles Humbert Fils, Chaux-de-Fonds, circa 1890. Fine, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless quarter-repeating watch with chronograph.

C. four-body, ?bassine et filets? with concave bezels, polished front, monogrammed back, reeded edges of the bezels, gold hinged cuvette over glazed gold bezel for viewing the movement. D. white enamel, Roman numerals, inner Arabic 24-hour chapter, outer minute divisions, outermost chronograph ring, subsidiary sunk seconds, ?Spade? gold hands. M. 50 mm (22 '''), nickel, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 32 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic compen-sation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating a slide in the band. Dial signed. Case punched with Humbert-Ramus trademark. Diam. 62 mm.