$2,714
“Rattrapante” E. Gübelin, Lucerne, Swiss, “Rattrapante”, No. 6389648, case No. 244617. Made by Merimont Watch Co, Genève circa 1920. Very fine, thin, keyless, 18K yellow gold dress watch with splitseconds chronograph and register. Four-body, "demi-bassine", solid, polished, hinged gold cuvette. Champagne with painted Breguet numerals, outer Arabic minute and outermost chronograph divisions, recessed subsidiary seconds and minute register dials. Blued steel “Breguet” hands. Cal. 17 1/2’’’, nickel, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, “swan-neck” micrometer regulator, visible chronograph works. Dial signed “Gübelin”, case signed “Vacheron & Constantin”, movement signed “Merimont Watch Co, Suisse”. Diam. 48 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-03-28
