Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 171

A lot of two watches A. Agassiz Watch Co. Genève, No. 127994, ?Extra?, case No. 287077. Made in the 1920s. Very fine, hunting-cased, keyless, 14K yellow gold dress watch. B. Jules Monard, Genève, No. 24576, case No. 146. Made circa 1902. Very fine, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K yellow gold dress watch.

C. Four-body, solid, entirely engine-turned, front with monogrammed crest, hinged gold cuvette with engraved name. D. White enamel with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 19''', nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, adjusted, blued steel Breguet balance spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator, ?wolfs-teeth? winding wheels. Dial and movement signed, case signed ?Solidarity? Diam. 49 mm.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, solid, polished, monogrammed covers, hinged gold cuvette with inscription dated 1902. D. White enamel with painted radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal.17???, maillechort, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 19 jewels, straight line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance ?adjusted?, blued steel Breguet balance spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. To be sold without reserve