Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 211

Courvoisier & Compagnie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 42478. Produced circa 1820.Fine, quarter-repeating, 18K yellow gold watch with later unusual winding and setting mechanism.

C. four-body, "Empire", solid, polished, reeded band, gilt cuvette. D. white enamel with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 21''', gilt brass, standing barrel, 6 jewels, cylinder escapement, steel escape wheel with upright teeth, plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance spring, provision for winding and setting by fingertip, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Dial and cuvette signed.Diam. 53 mm.