4,956 CHF
“Minute Repeater” P. Orr & Sons, Madras, Swiss, No. 1643, made for the Indian market. The case with London hallmarks for 1886. Fine, minute repeating, 18K yellow gold, half-hunting cased keyless pocket watch. Four-body, “bassine”, polished, sprung front cover with central glazed aperture and blue champlevé enamel radial Roman chapter ring. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel double “Spade” hands. 17’’’, frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, 15 jewels, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
