Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 362

Swiss, No. 3986, circa 1900. Very fine and interesting 18K gold independent dead-seconds keyless watch with two trains and 12- hour recorder.

C. four-body, ?bassine?, the back engraved with crest and dedication. Hinged gold cuvette. D. white enamel, two small symmetrical radial Roman chapter rings, small subsidiary seconds, outer seconds divisions with red Arabic five seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 18''', gilded, double-train, bridge caliber, calibrated straight line lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring with index regulator. Independent dead center-seconds by means of a flirt on the escape pinion and through an activating slide in the band. One motion train is driven directly from the independent seconds train in order to be used as hour and minute recorders, however can be used as a second time zone dial if the independent seconds are run continuously.Cuvette signed.Diam. 52 mm.