$32,500
TIFFANY & CO. SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH SILVER AND PINK GOLD Tiffany & Co., New York, No. 16994. Made in Geneva for the American Market circa 1870. Very fine and important, sterling silver hunting cased keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph. Four-body, massive, bassine et filets, entirely decoratively engraved with scrolls and foliage, engine-turned hinged front cover and case back, glassed inner cover to view the movement. White enamel, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds at 9 and for the minutes and hours at 3. Blued steel spade hands. 19’’’, nickel plated, three-quarter plate, fausses côtes decoration, 23 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring, split-seconds push-piece in the band. Dial and movement signed, numbered in the case. DIAM. 53 mm. Notes This incredibly well-preserved Tiffany and Co. split second chronograph pocket watch with regulator dial and silver and pink gold case is amongst the rarest and most intricate watches produced at the Tiffany and Co. factory. The watch features a nearly identical movement and dial layout as Patek Philippe No. 65409, sold at Antiquorum New York on December 13th, 2012.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-04-10
