82,080 HKD
Les Deux Fuseaux Jaquet Droz, Geneve, “Les Deux Fuseaux, Hommage La Chaux-de-Fonds 1738”, No. 33, Ref. J01513. Sold in June, 2009. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, independently adjustable two time zone, 18K pink gold wristwatch with twin barrels, date, 24-hour indication and an 18K pink gold Jaquet Droz buckle. Accompanied by a Jaquet Droz fitted wooden box, instruction booklet and guarantee. Three-body, solid, polished, curved band, concave lugs, transparent back, sapphire crystals. Two-tone slate and guilloche silver, small meantime dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the seconds below, dial for the 24-hour indication, polished and brushed pink gold border secured by three blued steel screws, outer pink gold dot hour indexes and painted dot minute indexes for the second time zone, date aperture with brushed and polished pink gold surround secured by a blued steel screw. Blued steel spear hands. Cal. 5L60.4, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 30 jewels, twin going barrels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic compensation balance adjusted to five positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator, sunray guilloche rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-27
