12,500 HKD
CHRONO-MICROMETER Swiss, No. 101593. Made for the English market, the case with Chester hallmarks for 1889-90. Rare and unusual, 18K gold, keyless pocket watch with patent chronograph and 30-minute register of uncommon construction. To be sold without reserve Four-body, bassine et fi lets, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost chronograph track divided into fi fths with fi ve-minute Arabic numerals, sunk subsidiary seconds, 30-minute register with the hand rotating counterclockwise. Blued steel hands. 42 mm., frosted gilt, 3/4-plate, 14 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, patented chronograph mechanism. Diam. 50 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-10-19