6,875 CHF
JAMES PICARD MINUTE REPEATER James Picard, Geneva, No. 2512. Made circa 1880. Fine and rare, 18K gold, keyless, minute-repeating, hunting cased pocket watch. Four-body, "bassine et filets", engine-turned with polished borders, reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette, glazed gold- rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel with narrow radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. 45 mm.(20'''), nickel plated, fausses côtes decoration, 31 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Notes Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. DIAM. 56 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-03-16
