24,150 CHF
Timekeeper with 1 ComplicationLeroy & Fils, Horlogers, 114 et 115 Galerie de Valois, Palais Royal, Paris, No. 42787, Breveté S.G.D.G, circa 1870.Very fine and rare 18K gold, half hunting-cased European Time watch. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, inner radially painted names of 16 major European cities, innermost rotating enamel dial with inner Roman hour chapter and outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, which can be set to the desired city by rotating the knob in the pendant, also showing longitudinal diffeences between the cities. Blued steel "spade" hands. Notes This watch indicates the time differences in hours and minutes between European cities.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11
