Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 323

Giuseppe Antongina, Italy, dated 1838.Fine and unusual, large, silver, wandering-hour 8-day going watch with unusual caliber.

C. four-body, engine-turned, hinged gilt cuvette. D. florally engraved silver, Arabic blued steel "wandering" numerals "running" againstwhite enamel sector with Arabic minute chapter. The numeral with the correct hour points to the correct minutes. Setting through thesquare in the center. M. 53 mm. (23'''), frosted gilt, unusual bridge caliber with the third wheel set under the dial, standing barrel, T-endmainspring, cylinder escapement, platinum 3-arm jeweled balance, blued steel flat balance spring, polished steel and gilt brass singlefooted cock.Cuvette signed.Diam. 63 mm.