43,700 HKD
Edouard Koehn, Genève, No. 77934, circa 1895. Very fine 18K gold keyless minute-repeating watch. Four-body, “bassine”, polished, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel “spade” hands. 38 mm (17’’’), frosted gilt, 31 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, “swan-neck” micrometric regulator, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 49 mm. Notes Eduard Koehn was the son of a watchmaker to the Court of Saxe-Weimar. After his schooling, he worked for Patek Philippe. He progressed rapidly in the firm, becoming a partner at the age of thirty-five. In 1891, Koehn retired from Patek Philippe and bought the H. R. Ekegrèn company, retaining Mr. Ekegrèn as chief of manufacture. To Ekegrèn’s calibers Koehn added new, thinner models and many complicated pieces, of which this watch is an excellent example.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-06-06
