3,750 CHF
EKEGRÉN QUARTER REPEATER PINK GOLD AND DIAMOND H. R. Ekegrén, Genève, No. 17173. Made circa 1900. Very fine, small, quarter-repeating, 18K pink gold and rose-cut diamond-set keyless pocket watch. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, the back cover with rose-cut diamond-set monogram. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel spade hands. 14''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Cuvette signed. Notes DIAM. 38 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09