7,200 CHF
Captain’s Watch Attributed to Girard-Perregaux, La Chaux de Fonds, No. 73931. Made circa 1870. Fine, rare and unusual, 18K gold, two-train pocket watch with two-time-zones, independent dead center-seconds and ruby cylinder escapement. To be sold without reserve Four-body, "demi-bassine et filet", engine-turned, the back with initials "DV". Hinged gold cuvette. Silver, regulator-type, two meantime dials, one with Arabic numerals, the other with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, outermost seconds divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel scotties hands. Notes The trademark "HF" was one of those used by Girard-Perregaux in the early years of their production.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-03-16
