$960
J. F. Bautte & Cie, Genève, No. 70162. Made circa 1880. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold pocket watch. Accompanied by a winding key. To be sold without reserve Four-body, “bassine et filet,” reeded band, case back with engine-turned decoration, engraved hinged gold cuvette. Guilloche gold with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial, the center engraved in a floral and leaf pattern. Blued steel Breguet hands. 35 mm., 16’’’, frosted gilt, bar caliber, 6 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 9 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-09-17