Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 53

PIAGET TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD COIN WRISTWATCH Piaget, No. 639612. Made in the 1980s. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold $20 U.S. coin dated 1900 with concealed wristwatch and an 18K yellow gold Piaget buckle. Accompanied by a Piaget pouch.

Double case, coin opening with a push-piece in the band, three-body hinged inner case, straight lugs. Gold with painted baton indexes. Blued steel baton hands. Cal. 9P, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions to temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed.