Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Dec 06, 2000

LOT 270

Unsigned, Swiss, No 16809, circa 1880Fine, 18K pink gold, keyless watch with a chronograph.

C. four body, 'bassine et filets', polished, gold hinged cuvette decorated with engine turned ring. D. white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring and chronograph divisions calibrated in 1/5 of a second, subsidiary sunk seconds, 'Louis XV' gold hands. M. 19''', nickel decorated with wavy damascening pattern, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, wolf-tooth winding wheels, chronograph mounted in the back and activated by a puspiece in the winding crown.Diam. 50 mm.