Sold for:
11,500 HKD
11,500 HKD
International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, No. 1085696, made in 1944. Fine 18K gold keyless dress watch. Three-piece, polished back and bezel, brushed band. Silvered with applied gold indexes, outer minute dotdivisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold “Bâton” hands. 38 mm (17’’’), cal. 95, rhodium-plated, “fausses-côtes” decoration, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 45 mm. Notes The end of the World War II brought a renewed demand for the luxury objects enjoyed before the war. Hence, gold dress watches knew a new wave of popularity.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-06-06
