Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 238

?World Time? Swiss, patent 6585. Made for the Indian market circa 1890. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, astronomical, keyless double-dialed world time pocket watch with triple date, moon phases and lunar calendar.

C. Three-body, massive, "bassine", polished with glazed back. D. White enamel on the front made for Greenwich Time with radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the date and the months with inner subsidiary seconds, moon phase aperture, the age on the border. White enamel on the reverse with seven small subsidiary dials giving the time for New York, Paris, St. Petersburg, Calcutta, Melbourne, Vienna and Berlin. Bluedsteel "spade" hands. M. 19''' rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 56 mm. To be sold without reserve