Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 306

Swiss, No. 76961. Made circa 1820. Very fine and rare, 18K pink gold, doubletrain independent dead center-seconds pocket watch with 12-hour and minute register. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, ?Directoire?, solid, entirely engine-turned, case back with monogram, gold hinged cuvette with winding apertures and inscribed with movement details, ?bombé? crystal. D. Guilloché silver, at 3 Arabic chapter ring for the regular hours and minutes, at 9 Roman chapter ring for the hour and minute register, outer seconds divisions, at 6 subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel ?fuchsia? hands. M. 23???, frosted gilt, bridge caliber, 4 jewels, double barrel with Maltese stopwork, ruby cylinder escapement, gilt 3-arm balance, flat balance spring, ?Parachute? shock-absorber on the top balance pivot, slide button at 6 to activate/deactivate the independent dead center-seconds mechanism controlled by a flirt. Case stamped with Neuchâtel hallmark and French import marks, dial numbered, movement stamped under the dial. Diam. 57 mm.