Important Watches Wristwatches, and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 125

E. Piguet & Co, Brassus et Genève, No. 4743,circa 1895.Fine 18K pink gold, keyless minute repeating watch with split-seconds chronograph and progressive30-minute recorder.

C. Four-body, massive, ?bassine?, polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with a dedication dated 1895. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, red outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary seconds and minute register. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 17???, patented nickel plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 33 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Chronograph with visible work, chronographnd split-seconds push pieces in the band. Minute repeating on gongs with slide in the band.Signed on the dial and movement.Diam. 47 mm.