Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
New York, Apr 10, 2013
LOT 137
SET OF TWO CRAWFORD SWISS WRISTWATCHES STEEL
A) Made in the 1940s.
Fine, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, telemeter and tachometer.
B) Made in the 1960s.
Fine, center seconds, stainless steel, anti-magnetic, wristwatch with triple date and moon phases.
USD 1,500 - 2,500
HKD 11,500 - 19,000 / CHF 1,400 - 2,400
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, snap-on case back.
D. Silver with luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, most outer red telemeter and blue tachometer graduation, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 45-minute register. Luminous blued steel baton hands.
M. Cal. 13???, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring.
Dial and movement signed, numbered on the case.
DIAM. 35 mm. THICKNESS 11 mm.
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, snap-on steel case back, lapidated lugs.
D. Silver with luminous Arabic numerals and dart indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers and date divisions, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the phases of the moon. Pink gold feuille hands, red arrow for the date.
M. Cal. 90, ¾ plate, indirect center seconds, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.
Dial, case and movement signed.
DIAM. 35 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm.