Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 15, 2015

LOT 139

WILLIAM SCHOECHLIN MINUTE REPEATER HUNTING CASED YELLOW GOLD William Schoechlin, Bienne, Swiss, No. 9253. Made in 1889. Very fine and rare, minute repeating, heavy 18K yellow gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch.

Four-body, solid, polished, bassine et filets, entire case finely engraved in a floral and leaf pattern, front cover with a flying tiger and case back with a bird. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned rim, a sun and engraved: William Schoechlin, Bienne, Medalla de Oro, Esposicion de Paris, 1889. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. 19```, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.