$3,000
TAVANNES POCKET WATCH Tavannes Watch Co. , Swiss, No. 14164476. Made in the 1930’s. Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold and enamel keyless dress pocket watch. Three-body, "bassine", polished, case frame handengraved in a fl oral and leaf pattern, case back, bow and both bezels decorated with neo-classic black and red enamel inlay, crown shaft hand-engraved with a face mask on both sides. Matte silvered with painted fancy black Arabic numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel Cathedral hands. Cal. L 701, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm. Thickness 9 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-09-14
