20,000 CHF
SWISS MINUTE REPEATER CHRONOGRAPH WITH ENAMELED CASE Swiss, No. 83451. Made circa 1890. Fine, keyless, minute-repeating, yellow gold, silver and painted on enamel, hunting cased keyless pocket watch with chronograph. Three-body, hunting cased, the front cover decorated with a painted on enamel on silver scene of a young couple in a wooded clearing, translucent royal blue ground and gold paillon border, the back similarly decorated with a young lady holding a fan. Glazed gold-rimmed cover over the movement. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with Arabic fi ve-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands. Cal. 21’’’, matte gilt, 21 jewels, straight line escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 55 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
