$6,250
WILLIAM SCHOECHLIN MINUTE REPEATER HUNTING CASED YELLOW GOLD William Schoechlin, Bienne, Swiss, No. 9253. Made in 1889. Very fine and rare, minute repeating, heavy 18K yellow gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch. Four-body, solid, polished, bassine et filets, entire case finely engraved in a floral and leaf pattern, front cover with a flying tiger and case back with a bird. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned rim, a sun and engraved: William Schoechlin, Bienne, Medalla de Oro, Esposicion de Paris, 1889. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. 19```, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Notes Case and movement signed. DIAM. 58 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-04-15