3,000 CHF
GOLD ALARM WATCH Swiss, No. 1006. Made circa 1880. Fine and rare, 18K gold, two-train keyless pocket watch with alarm. Four-body, bassine et fi lets, polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with Arabic 15-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds and alarm setting dials. Gold spade hands. 44 mm., nickel plated, radial decoration, two barrels wound clockwise for the going and anti-clockwise for the alarm, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 53 mm. Notes Higher grade Swiss alarm watches fi tted with a gold case are rare.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-03-11
