Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 24

EL AGUILA DRESS WATCH PINK GOLD El Aguila, Swiss, case No. 96409. Made circa 1900. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K pink gold and enamel dress watch. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Five-body, bassine, solid, polished case band, engine-turned case back, gold hinged cuvette with inscription and eagle, engine-turned cover centered by an enameled birds and floral motif. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Pink gold spade hands. M. Cal. 28 mm (13???), fausses côtes decoration, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 35 mm. THICKNESS 11 mm.