11,500 CHF
Picard Frères & Fz Russer, Chaux-de-Fonds, circa 1880. Very fine, 18K gold keyless, double-face watch with calendar. Three-body, "bassine et filets", glazed on both sides, band and bezel engine-turned. White enamel, radialRoman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel"Breguet" hands. Reverse: white enamel, outermost 31-day date ring with radial Arabic numerals, two subsidiarydials for days of the week and months. 43 mm, nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line cal-ibratedlever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dial, the movement punched with maker’s trademark.Diam. 51 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24