57,500 CHF
Dent, 33 Cockspur St. , London, Watchmaker to the Queen, No. 26484, hallmarked 1874-75.Very fine and rare 18K gold, keyless, grande et petite sonnerie clockwatch with minute-repeating. Four-body, "bassine et filets", solid, polished, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel, "spade" hands. 44,2 mm, gilt brass three-quarter plate, 33 jewels, lateral calibrated lever escapement, with undivided lift, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, tandem winding, strinikan and repeating on gongs, repeating activation by tripping the winding crown, pin-set.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 53 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11
