Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Nov 25, 2006

LOT 16

?Pivoted Detent Chronometer? Swiss, ?Chronometre?, No. 83011, cased in the U.S.A. Made circa 1900. Fine, 18K gold, hunting-cased keyless pocket chronometer with pivoted detent escapement.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filet?, polished flat band, engineturned covers with polished borders, the front cover with a vacant foliate cartouche. Hinged brass-rimmed glazed cover to view the movement. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 43 mm., 19???, frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, 16 jewels, some in screwed gold chatons, Earnshaw type chronometer escapement with pivoted spring detent, jeweled locking stone, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel helical balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial and movement signed ?Chronomètre?. Diam. 54 mm.