9,200 CHF
Paul Ditisheim No. 28138, made for Louis Lortscher, Bruxelles, circa 1901.Fine mahogany 56-hour going marine chronometer with power reserve indication. Three-body mahogany box with sunk brass handles, glazed upper section with hinged lid. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension. Silvered with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Gold “pear” hands. Spotted brass full plate, relieved for the barrel, with cylindrical pillars, inverted fusee with chain and maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, Guillaume integral balance, diamond end-stone, free sprung palladium helical balance spring with terminal curvs Signed on the dial and movement. Dial diam. 102 mm. Dim. 19 x 18 x 18 cm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
