5,500 CHF
FABRIQUE GERMINAL, MINUTE REPEATING, CALENDAR & CHRONOGRAPH Fabrique Germinal (Picard & Cie), La Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 201054. Made circa 1900. Fine, large, hunting cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with olive button chronograph, triple date calendar and moon phases. Four-body, "bassine et fi lets,” solid, polished. Hinged gold cuvette, glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outermost 1/5th seconds chronograph divisions, 4 subsidiary recessed dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, aperture for the moon phases with lunar calendar on the periphery. Gilt poire hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
