Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 295

C.H. Meylan, Brassus, Swiss, No. 5666. Produced circa 1905. Very fine and rare, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and 30-minute register.

C. Four-body, solid, "demi-bassine", polished, hinged gold cuvette with inscription. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer 1/5th second scale and red 5-minute/second Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds and minutes register. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 18''', rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 40 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balanceadjusted to eight positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide on the band.Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Movement also engraved: ?Superior Adjustment?.Diam. 50 mm.