Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 14, 2011
LOT 209
M.J. Tobias & Co., Liverpool, No. 118085. Fine and rare 18K gold pocket watch with regulator dial, two-time zones, stop mechanism, and lever escapement with unusual bimetallic compensation balance.
USD 2,000 - 3,000
CHF 1,500 - 2,300 / EUR 1,400 - 2,000
C. Four-body, the bezels and band engraved with floral motifs, the back with an engraving of General Charles Cornwallis. Gilt brass cuvette. D. Gold with floral motifs, outer dot minute indexes on both subdials, subsidiary seconds and large center seconds. Blued steel skeleton hands. M. 45 mm., frosted gilt with bridges, lever escapement, three-arm brass balance with internal blued steel rim for temperature compensation, blued steel fl at balance spring with gilt brass balance cock, index regulator, slide on band to stop the seconds. Case signed. Diam. 53 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-12 |
Good Worn |
Movement: 3-7-60-01** |
Good Oxidized Plating slightly deteriorated |
Dial: 3-10-01 |
Good Patinated HANDS Original |