34,500 CHF
Watch with 3 Complications Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1890. Very fine and rare 18K gold hunting-cased keyless double-train Grande et Petite Sonnerie clockwatch with minute-repeating. Four-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette over glazed gold bezel for viewing the movement. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. 45 mm. (20’’’), nickel, 35 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, tandem winding, repeating on gongs by tripping small slide in the band, striking/silent lever protruding below the bezel at 12 o’clock and grande/petite sonnerie lever at 6 o’clock. Diam. 58 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-10-19
