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.

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

EUR 3,900 - 5,200

Sold: CHF 5,750

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.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

This watch was entered into the 1910 chronometer trials in Neuchâtel where it was awarded a ?Bulletin de 1ère classe?.?