Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 278

?Driver?s Watch? Tavannes Watch Co., Swiss, movement by Cyma, No. 293628. Made in the 1930s. Fine, rare and unusual, horizontal rectangular curved, gold-plated and steel driver?s wristwatch. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, fluted long-curved lugs to fit the wrist at an angle, winding crown at 12, flat top crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer and inner minute track. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 7''', tonneau-shaped, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 15 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring. Case signed ?T. W. Co.?, movement signed ?Cyma?. Dim. 18 x 27 mm. Thickness 8 mm.