Important Collector's Wristwatches & ...

Grand Havana Room, Sep 22, 2004

LOT 173

B. Poitevin, Fabricant, 22 rue Vivienne, Paris, No. 48856. Produced circa 1900. Very fine, Art Nouveau, keyless, astronomic, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold watch with perpetual calendar and moon phase.

C. Four-body, "bassine", solid, polished and chased with Art Deco initials enhanced with ivy decoration, bezel en suite with ivy garlands, gold hinged cuvette engraved with a dedication dated 1903. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the months of the leap-year cycle, the date and the seconds, aperture for the moon phase. Pink gold "spade" hands. M. Cal. 45.1 mm (20'''), nickel, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, "swan-neck" micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.Cuvette signed.Diam. 55 mm.