1,430 CHF
Yellow Gold “Quarter Repeater” Swiss, Genève, case No. 14132. Made circa 1900. Fine, hunter-cased, quarter-repeating, keyless yellow gold pocket watch with the engraved initials “KL” on the front cover. Four-body, “bassine”, hinged cuvette engraved with movement details. White enamel with radial black Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost black Arabic five-minute markers, subsidiary seconds. Gold “spade” hands. Cal. 18’’’, xxx, “fausses côtes” decoration, 21 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Diam. 51 mm. Notes The cuvette is engraved with the text: “Mouvement à Ancre, Balancier compensateur, Spiral Breguet, 21 Rubis, Répètition à Sonnerie, Genève“.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-12-14
