5,750 CHF
Zenith, No. 2366889, circa 1840.Fine silver purse sector watch in original leather fitted box. Two-body, symmetrical, engine-turned, hinged at the center, when opened reveals the dial, handle for a strap at one end. Silvered, matte, sector-shaped, luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. "Squelettes" hands. 23 mm, gilt brass, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, micrometric regulator.Signed on dial and movement.Dim. 58 x 38 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11