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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 22

F. Rötig, Constructeur de Chronomètres, Le Havre, No. 1635, circa 1875. Very fine and rare 18K gold keyless pocket watch with chronograph of unusual construction.

CHF 9,000 - 11,000

EUR 6,000 - 7,000 / USD 7,000 - 9,000

Sold: CHF 12,650

C. Four-body, ?pommes?, engine-turned back, center with champlevé enameled initial ?L?, gold hinged cuvette, setting and chronograph activating pin at 11 sliding for mode change from setting to chronograph button. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 45 mm (20'''), frosted gilt half-plate, going barrel, 15 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, gold escape wheel, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring.Dial, cuvette and movement signed.Diam. 56 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3 - 14
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 6 - 01

Notes

This is an unusual chronograph ? to activate it, one slides the lever counter-clockwise at 11 o?clock while pressing the button. Releasing the button stops the chronograph. The lack of additional push reduces the time necessary to stop it. Return to zero by means of depressing the winding crown. F. Rötig A maker of chronometers in Le Havre. In 1869, he patented ?improvements in the construction of watches?.