Important Watches and Wristwatches
St-moritz, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Feb 25, 1990
LOT 229
C.H. Meylan - Brassus, made for Winslow C. Pierce - Boston in 1914. Fine 18k gold minute repeating. moon phase astronomical watch with a split second chronograph in keyless original mahogany fitted case.
CHF 60,000 - 80,000
Sold: CHF 102,500
Four body massive "demi-bassine et filets" polished case. Gold cuvette engraved with a dedication dated 1914. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals, outered Arabic minute and chronograph rings, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the months with the leap year cycle. the date and the running seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Blued steel "pear" hands. Fine 18"' rhodium plated movement, fausses côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, equilibrated straight line lever escapement. cut bimetallic balance, superior adjustment. Breguet balance spring with a swan neck micrornetric index. Repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the hand. chronograph with a visible work, the split second push piece and the locking boit on the hand. Signed on the movement. In very good condition. Diam.: 52 mm.
