5,290 CHF
M. J. Tobias, Liverpool, No. 106537, Swiss for the U.S. market, circa 1850. Fine 18K gold independent dead-seconds watch with two going trains and 12-hour recorder. four-body, “forme quatre baguettes”, bezels engravedwith scrolled foliage, the back engraved with the crest andmotto of the United States of America. Hinged gold cuvette. gold engraved with Swiss landscapes, two small symmetrical radial Roman chapter rings, small subsidiary seconds. Blued steel “spade” hands.

Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11