28,800 HKD
Half Quarter-Repeating Swiss, for Tiffany & Co. , No. 13497. Made for the American market, circa 1880. Fine and rare, half quarter-repeating, 18K yellow gold keyless pocket watch. To be sold without reserve Four-body, “bassine”, polished, the back cover engraved with a dog’s head crest above the motto “Te Splendente”. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with unusual upright Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel spade hands. 17 mm., frosted gilt, 17 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Case signed Tiffany & Co., reverse of dial indistinctly signed **** Waltham, Mass. Diam. 46 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-08
