4,830 CHF
Pennington London, No. 1300, hallmarked 1860. Notes Still in used during the First World War, as attested by the Observatory certificate, the balance spring of this watch has been changed and the regulator removed in order to improve the rate with a free sprung palladium balance spring. An identical watch , No. 1309, hallmarked 1861, with the same improvement was sold by Sotheby's on 14 June 1979, lot 208
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1992-10-17