49,560 HKD
"Pivoted Detent Chronometer" Hy. Moser & Cie, "Chronometre à Renversement", No. 67618. Made circa 1905, for the Russian market. Very fine, 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased, keyless pocket chronometer with Jaquet & Gérard inversed pivoted detent escapement. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished band, engineturned covers with polished borders. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold hands with blued steel "quatrefoil" tips. Notes Johann Heinrich Moser (1805–1874) A Swiss watchmaker, son of a clockmaker, he moved to St. Petersburg circa 1827, where he opened a watch business (Nevskii Prospect and Malaya Konyushennaya St.). He had also a branch in Moscow from 1827 to 1874, on Ilinka St. In 1874 his son Henry Moser, Jr. took over the business.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
