37,500 HKD
SWISS MINUTE REPEATER POCKET WATCH YELLOW GOLD Swiss, No. 2797, made for the London market. The dial signed Shepheard & Company, 104 Regent St, London,W. Made circa 1904. Fine, minute repeating, 18K yellow gold, hunting cased keyless pocket watch. Four-body, “bassine”, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel “Spade” hands. 17’’’, frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, 25 jewels, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Dial signed. Diam. 52 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-06-23