11,040 CHF
J. F. Bautte & Cie, à Genève, No. 65257. Made circa 1850. Fine and rare, 18K gold slim montre à tact with date and duplex escapement. Four-body, "forme quatre baguettes", the engine-turned back with large revolving à tact hand, engraved with scrolls, gold touch pins on the coin-edge band, engine-turned front cover. Gold cuvette engraved with technical details, with an aperture allowing the tact hand to be caught by the tact wheel. White enamel, eccentric, with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds between 4 & 5, date dial between 7 & 8. Gold “Breguet” hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-10-16