39,100 CHF
West End Watch Co. , Genève, No. 441286, “Extra”. Made for the Indian market, circa 1910. Very fine 18K gold, minute repeating, keyless, astronomic, enamel, rose diamond and split pearl-set half-hunting cased pocket watch with full calendar, chronograph, phases of the moon and velvet lined fitted case. Five-piece, hinged and sprung front cover with glazed aperture, dark blue translucent guilloché enamel chap-terring with white Roman numerals, split pearl border, outer border decorated with white-bordered red guillochéenamel and rose cut diamond-set panels, intersected with painted on enamel flowers on a dark blue enamelground, enameled band, the back cover decorated to match the front with the addition of a central rose cutdiamond set floral spray. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel, black Arabic numerals, outer gold dot minutemarkers, extreme outer chronograph markers divided into fifths and with Arabic five second divisions, subsidiarydate and seconds dials, day of the week, month and moon phase apertures. Blued steel spade hands. Notes West End Watch Co, Droz, Amstutz & Co. Specialized in the sale of watches in gold, enamel, and decorated with precious stones, fly back chronographs and instantaneous recorders, for the Indian market. “Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998. For further information on watches made for the Indian market, see the article by Osvaldo Patrizzi in Vox 2002.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-05-15
