Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 24, 2003

LOT 161

E. Huguenin & Co., Locle, Swiss, No. 34791. Produced circa 1890.Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K yellow gold, minute-repeating watch with olive-shaped button chronograph.

C. five-body, "bassine et filets", solid, engine-turned covers, polished band, front with a blank crest, hinged gold cuvette with peripheral engine-turning, glazed cover to view the movement. D. white enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths of a second, sunk subsidiary seconds. "Louis XVI" pink gold hands set with 2 diamonds. M. Cal. 19 1/2''', nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetalic compensation balance with screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 55 mm.