$2,185
Mermod Frères, Geneva, No. 64123, circa 1900.Fine, 18K gold, keyless quarter-repeating watch. four-body, "bassine", gold hinged cuvette. white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold "spade" hands. 42,5 mm, nickel, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance-spring, wolf-tooth winding wheels, repeating on gongs through activating a slide in the band.Dial and case signed. Movement stamped with makers mark.Diam. 52 mm
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-28