Important Watches, Wristwatches, Cloc...
Basel April 21, 1990, Apr 21, 1990
LOT 149
Paul Buhre, Swiss, made for the Russian market, circa 1920. Very fine and rare 18K gold keyless minute repeating watch with Westminster chime.
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
Four body massive "demi-bassine" polished case. Gold cuvette. Mat gold engine-turned dial with Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Fine gilt brass 19"' movement, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on four gongs with four hammers, by means of a slide on the band. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm.
Notes
A similar watch made by Ed. JeanRichard, in the M.I.H. of
La Chaux de Fonds, is illustrated in A. Chapuis: Grands
Artisans de la Chronornetrie, page 227, fig. 161 et 162.