Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 314

Le Phare, Swiss, made for the Indian market, circa 1900.Very fine, hunting-cased, keyless, astronomic, minute-repeating, 18K gold and enamel watch with chronograph, full calendar and phases of the moon.

C. six-body, ?bassine et filets?, solid, covers decorated with gold floral pattern on translucent violet enamel, bezels and band in repeated pattern, chronograph pushbutton at 12. D. white enamel with Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost 1/5ths of a second, 3 subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the date and the seconds, aperture for the months and the moon phases. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 45 mm (20???), frosted gilt, 33 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapeent, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.Diam. 56 mm.