The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 281

Black Starr & Frost, New York, Swiss, made for the American Market, circa 1900.Fine 18K gold and enamel, diamond-set, keyless fob watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", fully decorated in pink flinqué enamel, the back painted with two cherubs within a rose-cut diamond frame. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Pink flinqué enamel with Arabic numerals. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 10''', nickel plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Superior adjustment, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index.Signed on the movement.Diam. 28 mm.