Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 205

?Captain?s Watch? James Nardin, Locle, Swiss, No. 4285. Made for the English market circa 1850. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold, double-train independent dead center-seconds pocket watch with 12-hour and 60-minute register.

C. Four-body, ?Directoire,? solid, bezels engraved with floral and foliate scrolls the back with central rococo cartouchewith engraved rural river scene, outer rococo surround, hinged gold cuvette with winding apertures andinscribed with movement detailsl. D. ?Guilloché? gold, at 3 Arabic chapter ring for the regular hours and minuteswith blued steel Breguet hands, at 9 Roman chapter ring for the hour and minute register with blued steel spadehands, outer seconds divisions, at 6 subsidiary seconds dial. M. 19???, frosted gilt, bridge caliber, 18 jewels, twobarrels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic 3-arm balance, flat balance-spring, ?Parachute? shock-absorberon the top balance pivot, slide button at 6 to activate/deactivate the independent dead center-seconds mechanismcontrolled by a flirt.Cuvette signed, case stamped with Neuchâtel hallmark and makers mark ?FD?.Diam. 50 mm.