Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 15, 2015

LOT 151

MINUTE REPEATER CHRONOGRAPH TRIPLE DATE CALENDAR YELLOW GOLD Swiss, No. 33627. The case with London import marks for 1911-12. Fine, large, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with chronograph, triple date calendar and moon phases.

Four-body, bassine, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic numerals to 300 units, subsidiary dials for the seconds, date, days of the week, months and aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. 22```, frosted gilt, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by push-button on the band. Case numbered.