43,700 HKD
J. Ullmann & Co., Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin, Swiss, No. 2038, made for the Chinese market, circa 1910. Fine 14K gold hunting-cased minute-repeating double-face keyless pocket watch with phases of the moon and full calendar with Chinese characters. Three-body, massive, "bassine", sprung and hinged engine turned front cover with vacant cartouche, reededband, engine turned hinged and sprung back cover. White enamel meantime dial, radial Roman numerals,outer minute indicators and Arabic five minute markers, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel hands. White enamelcalendar dial with Chinese characters for outer date ring, subsidiary days of the week and months, aperture forphases of the moon, setting levers in the bezel. 42 mm. (18.5’’’), frosted gilt, straight line lever escapement,bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on two gongsactivated by a slide in the band.Diam. 56 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-02-20
