The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 295

Eberhard & Co., La Chaux-de-Fonds, Extra-Fort, 1940's.Very fine and rare, large, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-second chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. three body, massive, polished and brushed, lapidated lugs. D. matte silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and the 30 minutes registers, outer tachometer graduation. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. M. 16''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. the coaxial single button on the winding-crown is for stop and reunite of the split-second hand.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 39 mm.