240,000 HKD
Minute-Repeating and Split-Seconds Chronograph with Guillaume Balance Hausmann & Co. , (Rome), No. 35790. Made circa 1910. Extremely fine and rare, heavy and large, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph, instantaneous 30-minute register and "Extra" movement with Guillaume balance. Accompanied by the original Hausmann & Co., Roma fited box with hinged presentation stand and Hausmann & Co. certificate with envelope. Four-body, "bassine", polished, rectangular buttons in the band for the chronograph and split-seconds. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, outermost fifths of a second divisions and Arabic five-second numerals, subsidiary dial for the seconds at 6 and the 30-minute register at 12. Yellow gold spade hands. Notes The present watch is of particularly high quality. The movement is inscribed "Extra", a feature found only on watches with a very high standard of finish, this watch also has a Guillaume balance, a very unusual feature in a watch with a repeating mechanism. Hausmann &Co. Founded in 1794 in Rome by a young German clockmaker Ernst Hausmann and his partner Hermann Frielingsdorf, Hausmann & Co. was located in the historical heart of the "eternal city" and was watchmaker to the Vatican. The firm attracts collectors worldwide with its elegant showrooms and famous technical assistance laboratory.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-08
