Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 225

Paul Ditisheim, La Chaux de Fonds, N0. 36002, circa 1910. Very fine 18K gold keyless watch with split-seconds chronograph and instantaneous 60-minute recorder.

C. Three-part, ?bassine?, polished. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer Arabic minutes and chronograph ring, sunk subsidiary seconds and minutes register. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 40 mm (18'''), rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, gold fork, cut mono-metallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, chronograph mechanism on the back plate, split-seconds mechanism under the dial, push piece for the split in the band.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 51 mm.