$12,000
Universal, Genève, "South America," case No. 1298080, Ref. 107161. Made circa 1946. Fine and rare, 18K rose gold center seconds wristwatch with a cloisonné enamel dial depicting South America. Two-body, solid, polished, canted bezel, claw lugs, snap-on case back. Cloisonné enamel with applied gold dot indexes and quarter Arabic numerals. Pink gold dauphine hands. Cal. 263, rhodium-plated, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, shock-absorber. Case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 7 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-09-17