3,966,250 JPY
"La Esmeralda" Hauser Zivy & Cie. , Mewico-Paris, No 6874, Swiss, completed in 1902. Very fine and rare 18ct gold "grande and petite sonnerie" minute repeating keyless clockwatch with a certificate from the Observatory of Neuchatel, dated 1902 in an original red leather fitted case with two spare glasses and an extra enamel dial in three parts with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. Notes According to the frictions introduced in the train by any complication such as a striking train, clockwatches were not usually considered as precision watches. Therefore, such a watch which awarded a certificate from the Observatory of Neuchatel is extremely rare. Diam.: 56 mm. Mean time daily rate: – 1 ",81 Daily variation: t 0,42 Difference between extremes: 2",0
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1989-12-15
