Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 223

Paul Ditisheim, La Chaux de Fonds, No. 335982, circa 1910. Very fine 18K gold keyless watch with chronograph and instantaneous 30-minute recorder.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, satiné, back with inlaid platinum monogram ?PDR?. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minutes/seconds and chronograph ring, sunk subsidiary seconds and minutes register, blued steel Breguet hands. M. 43 mm (19'''), rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, chronograph mechanism on the back plate.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 51 mm.