5,400 CHF
Imperial Presentation Paul Buhre, No. 4122, the movement made by Le Coultre & Co. Made for the Russian Court, circa 1900. Fine and rare, quarter-repeating, 14K rose gold and enamel hunting-cased keyless presentation pocketwatch, the case applied with the Russian Imperial arms. To be sold without reserve Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, the front with applied gold Imperial Eagle with blue enamel ribbon. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. 20’’’, rhodium-plated, 29 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cutbimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Cuvette signed in Cyrillic, movement signed Le Coultre & Co. beneath the hammers. Diam. 53 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
