Collector’s Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 100

Piaget, Swiss, circa 1980. Very fine, 18K gold keyless coin watch inserted in a 100 Russian Francs (37.5 Rubles) coin.

C. three-body, the hinged watch fitted inside the coin, a special concealed device opening the spring-loaded front decorated with the bust of Nicholas II, the Russian Imperial eagle on the reverse, the edge engraved in Russian: ?6 zolotnik, 77.4 dolei of pure gold?. D. champagne with painted indexes. ?Bâton? blued steel hands. M. 20 mm (9 '''), cal 9P, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, adjusted to five positions and temperature, lever escapement, monometallic balance with self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm.