137,500 HKD
E. M. EMANUEL & SON WORLD TIME TRIPLE CALENDAR POCKET WATCH Swiss, patent 6585, retailed by H. M. Emanuel & Son, Portsea, by Appointment to the Queen. Made circa 1890. Very fine and very rare, 18K gold, astronomical, keyless double-dialed world time pocket watch with triple date, moon phases and lunar calendar. Three-body, massive, "bassine", polished with glazed covers, multiple correctors within the band. White enamel on the front made for Greenwich Time with radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the date and the months with inner subsidiary seconds, moon phase aperture, the age on the border. White enamel on the reverse with seven small subsidiary dials giving the time for New York, Paris, St. Petersburg, Calcutta, Melbourne, Vienna and Berlin. Blued steel spade hands. Notes The retail store of H.M. Emanuel & Son was located at 12 & 13 Ordnance Row, Portsea, near Portsmouth, England, specializing in horological items and novelties. Pocket watches with multiple time-zones from this period are particularly unusual, especially when combined with a triple calendar
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-02-26
