28,800 CHF
Grande & Petite Sonnerie Clockwatch Geo. Oram & Son, 19 Wilmington Square, London, No. 19/517, the movement attributed to Louis Audemars. Made circa 1890, the case with London hallmarks for 1914- 1915. Very fine and extremely rare, large and heavy, trip minuterepeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless, hunting cased, two-train clockwatch with Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking, Willis dial and thief-proof bow. Four-body, massive, "pomme et filets", by JW & Co. & Frederick Thoms, (master marks), polished, spring loaded front cover, protected hand-setting button, thief-proof swivel bow. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel by Willis, inscribed “EVF, 1904”, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. 20’’’, frosted gilt, 3/4-plate, twotrain with differential winding beneath the dial, jewelled to the third wheel with screwed gold chatons, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature adjustment screws, double-over-coiled blued steel Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator, striking on gongs and repeating activated by a trip-slide on the band, Silent/Strike and Quarters/Full Strike selection levers on the edge of the bezel. Movement signed. Diam. 58 mm. Notes The present watch is in extremely good condition. It is also very high quality, being fitted with a Willis dial and a thief-proof swivel bow. The escapement is particularly well finished and employs a double-overco
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-11-14
