Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

LOT 158

Timekeeper with 6 ComplicationsM. Grunberg, Bombay, Swiss, made for the Indian market, circa 1890.Very fine, important and rare 18K gold and enamel, diamond-set, hunting-cased, keyless, 8 day-going, minute-repeating astronomical watch with perpetual calendar and phases and age of the moon.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", solid, both covers fully decorated with Indian motifs set with rose-cut diamonds on translucent imperial blue enamel over elaborate flinqué, band decorated with repeated black enamel geometrical pattern, gold hinged cuvette with engraved technical details over gold bezel glazed for viewing the movement. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, date, months of the leap year cycle and subsidiary sconds concentric with phases of the moon aperture with sector for its age. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 47 mm (21'''), frosted gilt brass, bar caliber, 31 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, pin-set, repeating on gongs by a slide in the band.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 58 mm.