Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

New York, Omni Berkshire Place Hotel, Jun 20, 1998

LOT 439

C. Four body, massive, " bassine et filets" with engineturned back. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border and centred with the photographic portrait of Madame Duloup. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 18" ', gilt brass, 15 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Completed with the last Adrien Philippe stem-wind system (French patent No. 46951 of October 4, 1860). Signed on the case. Diam. 47 mm. Accompanied by Extract from the Archives.

C. Four body, massive "Renaissance", the bezels with floral and foliage decoration, the back panel decorated with a representation of " St George and the Dragon" and inside with a boat in the tempest. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the name of the first owner and the date: 1896. D. Silver, decorated en suite with blue Roman numerals on white enamel cartouches and outer white enamel minutes ring. Blued-steel "Louis XV" hands. M. 17', gilt brass, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement "a moustaches", adjusted cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with Patek Philippe micrometric index patented on 13 January 1891. Signed on the cuvette and movement. Diam. 49 mm.