6,875 CHF
PINK GOLD MINUTE REPEATER Attributed to Ed. Koehn, Genève, No. 3020, retailed by A. Maurer. Made circa 1910. Very fine, large and heavy, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch C. Four-body, “demi-bassine”, solid, polished, the front cover with engraved monogram. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute track, large sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. M. Cal. 19’’’, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, cuvette and movement signed: “A. Maurer”. DIAM. 54 mm. Notes The majority of minute-repeating watches signed A. Maurer were made by Ed. Koehn of Geneva. He present watch can be attributed to Koehn on that basis
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-05-12
