Important Jewelry, Watches and Wristw...

Hong Kong, Furama Hotel, Jun 07, 1999

LOT 310

Mathey Peytien, Locle, Swiss, No. 5208, circa 1860. Fine 18K gold hunting cased independent dead centre seconds watch with 12 hours recorder.

C. Four body, massive, "forme quatre baguettes ", engine-turned, cover and back centred with a blank escutcheon. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border and engraved with technical details. D. White enamel, with outer concentric dead seconds ring, small subsidiary dials with Roman numerals for mean time and hour and minute recorder, subsidiary seconds. Gold "arrow " hands. M. 19"', double train, gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrels, swan neck lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Independent dead centre seconds train based on the principle invented by Moise Pouzait, with flirt on the escape wheel pinion. Signed on the cuvctte. Diam. 52 mm.