Sold for:
1,840 CHF
1,840 CHF
Vulcain "Cricket", U. S. Patent, 1950's. Fine and unusual, waterproof, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with alarm. polished, satined, screwed back, the button near the winding-crown is for stopping the alarm when striking. satined silver with applied steel fancy indexes. "Dauphine" radiumed steel hands. Notes The Vulcain "Cricket" wristwatch was made from 1947 on. "The Cricket" existed with central and eccentric second, with and without calendar. The alarm hammer strikes a membrane, as in the "Golden Voice" - lady's alarm wristwatch launched in 1958, but with an alarm membrane in gold - over which a perforated back lid is pressed.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-04-18
