Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 04, 2003

LOT 424

C. J & A Perrenoud & Cie, Locle, No. 26657. Produced in circa 1900. Fine and rare 18K gold keyless pocket watch.

C. four-body, "Louis XV", polished, gold hinged cuvette, case back centered by a ?Mother and Child? portrait, framed by half-seed pearls, flanked by blue enamel and engraving. D. white enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, sunk auxiliary seconds dial. Blued steel ?Cathedral? hands. M. Cal. 14''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, wolf-tooth winding wheels.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 40 mm.