26,450 ITL
P. Orr & Sons, Madras, No. 1649, Swiss, made for the Indian Market, circa 1890. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel half hunting cased, moon phase, astronomical, keyless minute repeating watch with perpetual calendar and chronograph. Four body, massive "bassine et filets", decorated with a blue champleve enamelled oriental decoration framed with a Greek pattern, the cover with Roman numerals on the border of the dial aperture. Gold cuvette. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph ring, subsidiary dials for week days, months of the leap-year cycle, date and subsidiary seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Blued steel "spade" hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1992-11-30
